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Love from the depths

Preacher: Revd Dr Lance Stone, retired Church of Scotland and United Reformed Church MinisterReadings: Isaiah 61:1-3; John 21:1-9 John 21:1-19 It seems at first sight to be such an idyllic scene. Just imagine it:…

Costly Love

Preacher: Revd Samantha Ferguson, Assistant ChaplainReadings:  Isaiah 43:16-21; John 12:1-8 Friends. We have made it, almost No, not the fact that we have made it to reading week without completely loosing the plot…

“Look, your king is coming to you.”

Preacher: Revd Giles Dove, Assistant University ChaplainReadings: Zechariah 9:9-12; Matthew 21:1-11 May I speak in the name of the Living God, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  Amen. “Look, your king is coming to you.”…

Location, location, location

Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplainReadings: Isaiah 65:17-25; Luke 24:1-12 The Christian faith is deeply bound up with place.  Jesus is Jesus of Nazareth, born in Bethlehem, grew up in Galilee, was…

Days of faith and doubt

Preacher: Revd Dr Isabelle Hamley, Principal, Ridley Hall, CambridgeReadings: John 20:19-31; Revelation 1:4-8   Good morning. I wonder what the best, most exciting event of the last decade has been for you and your…

The deep salt sea (St Patrick)

Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplainReadings: Acts 16:6-10; 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 Tomorrow is St Patrick’s Day.  To celebrate the patron saint of Ireland, there will be parades in Dublin, Belfast,…

New Beginnings

Preacher: Bishop Paul Rochester, General Secretary of the Free Churches GroupReadings: Joshua 5:9-12; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 New beginnings are a way of life. In a university setting, this is especially true of students…

How we worship

Preacher: Revd Bethan Rodden, Assistant Curate, St Mark’s Newnham and St Andrews and St Mary’s GrantchesterReadings: Nehemiah 8:1-3, 5-6, 8-10; Luke 4:14-21 Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of our hearts…

Changed from Glory into Glory

Preacher: Bishop John Sherrington, Auxiliary Bishop of WestminsterReadings: Exodus 34: 28-36; Luke 9: 28-36 Hope shines out from the Transfiguration of Jesus, which transforms human reality and joins earth and heaven…