Out of Eden
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University Chaplain Readings: Genesis 2:4b-15; Romans 13:8-14; Matthew 18:15-20 Exactly 200 years ago in 1820, a banner was embroidered in silk for the Adam’s Lodge of the Free…
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Witness Protection
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan Readings: Daniel 7:9-14; Ephesians 1:15-23; Luke 24:44-53 It’s been a strange ending to the Candlemas Semester. No chugga-chugga of luggage heading to the bus station. Only a few…
My whole wide world went zoom
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan Readings: Acts 17:16-31; John 14:15-24 When the apostle Paul visited Athens, he saw the temples of their religions, the shrines to their gods, he heard the high priests of their…
Blessed are the doubters
Preacher: Revd Prof Ian Bradley Readings: Hebrews 11:1-13a; John 20: 19-31 Today is traditionally called Low Sunday in the church calendar in contrast to last week’s high Sunday of Easter. Cynics say this is also a…
The Lord is my Frontline Worker
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan Readings: 1 Peter 2:18-25; John 10:1-18 We’ve all had to give things up recently, but some sacrifices are greater than others. You may not sympathise hugely with me, for example, that I…
The Cross on our backs
Preacher: Revd Samantha Ferguson Readings: Philippians 2: 5-11; Matthew 21: 1-11 Hello everybody This morning marks the beginning of a very special liturgical week in our Christian Calendar. The rest of the world may…
The Invisible Occupation
Preacher: Revd Samantha Ferguson Readings: Romans 8: 31-39; John 15:9-17 In the name of the father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, Banjour! (Hello) Heaviness may linger for the night, but Joy comes in the…
Compline 10 April
Good Friday Service with Sung Passion Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan Reading: John 18.1–19.42 Five Senses: Faith Comes by Hearing There are so many voices in the pandemic. Newsreaders, governments, experts. Nurses,…
Grace in the Wilderness
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan Readings: Jeremiah 31:1-6; Acts 10:36-43; John 20:1-18 About an hour from St Andrews is Glamis Castle, where the late Queen Mother grew up. It has a complicated royal pedigree:…
Not separated
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan Readings: Ezekiel 37:1-14; John 11:1-45 Sometimes, when a preacher turns up the readings in the lectionary for a particular Sunday, it is with a slight sense of trepidation. That was…