From Here to Eternity
Preacher: Revd Canon Justin White, Chaplain, Merton College, OxfordReadings: Acts 1:1-11; John 17:1-11 This last week, Christians around the world celebrated the great Feast of the Ascension. We have just heard the…
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God Is Closer Than You Think
Preacher: Revd Dr Roger Dawson SJReadings: Acts 17:22-31; John 14:15-21 Zac Brettler was born into a comfortably off, middle-class North London family. He was funny, mischievous, and charming, and knew how to tell a…
Because they know his voice
Preacher: Revd Tim Ditchfield, College Chaplain, King’s College LondonReadings: Ezekiel 34:7-15; John 10:1-10 Ezekiel 34:7-157 Therefore, you shepherds, hear the word of the Lord: 8 As I live, says the Lord God,…
Rise
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplainReadings: Acts 10:34-43; John 20:1-18 I’ve been going to lectures in the Bute over the past couple of weeks given by Revd Professor John Swinton of the University of…
Regime Change? Challenging the things we hold dear
Preacher: Dr Matt Ward, Student Support and Experience Manager, University of DundeeReadings: Philippians 2:5-11; Matthew 21:1-11 My battle to retain any sense of seasonality has been lost. On Thursday I walked into…
Dried up, burned out, but what comes next
Preacher: Revd Dr Benjamin Doolittle, Professor of Medicine, Pediatrics and Divinity, Yale School of MedicineReadings: Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 11:1-45 Greetings and good cheer to you all from Yale University, an…
Burns Breakfast
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplainReadings: 1 Corinthians 1:10-18; Matthew 4:18-23 Is it not slightly strange to be celebrating Robert Burns in the chapel today? After all, people know he was a…
Arise, Dry Bones, Arise: University Chaplaincy as a Prophetic Ministry
Preacher: Revd Dr Rebekah Sims, Interim Co-ordinating Chaplain, Strathclyde UniversityReadings: Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 9:1-41 Chaplaincy is best understood as “spiritual care in public places” write Mark Cobb,…
A curious man
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplainReadings: Genesis 12:1-4a; John 3:1-17 Last December, I sent out a story every day to the Chaplaincy mailing-list. These Nativity Stories were in the first person,…
We must also serve
Preacher: Rt Revd Rosie Frew, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of ScotlandReadings: 1 Peter 4:7-11; Matthew 4:1-11 It’s a privilege to be with you on this Founders and Benefactors Day. I bring you the…