Duty of Candour
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan Reading: Philippians 4:4-13 My mother’s school in Glasgow was called Laurel Bank. Its motto was drawn from today’s Bible lesson in the Authorized Version – Whatsoever Things Are…
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Knit one, pray one…
The Reverend Samantha Ferguson Readings: Job 19:21-27; John 6:37-40 For I have come down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me. Today, this week, this month and this year it has all been…
Risky Business
Preacher: Revd Tara Granados, Ibrox Parish Church, Glasgow Readings: Matthew 25:14-30; Matthew 25:14-30 (The Message) Parables can be infuriating. They’re little vignettes of stories and we don’t get to ask follow up…
Too many books
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, Chaplain Readings: Ecclesiastes 12; 2 Timothy 4:6-15; Elma Mitchell, This Poem… What is essential to life? Rarely has this question been as prominent as in 2020. Because of Covid,…
“You are Peter…Get behind me Satan!” What is the Church to say about itself?
Preacher: Revd John Bremner, United Reformed Church Ecumenical and Interfaith Relations Officer Readings: Numbers 22: 20-50; Matthew 16, 13-23 My friends, I want to start this sermon with a word of thanks to the…
The heart of L’Arche
Preacher: Revd Fiona Smith, L’Arche Readings: Psalm 139: 1-14; Luke 14: 12b-14 Let us pray May the words that I speak and the meditations of all our hearts be pleasing and acceptable to you Lord, our saviour and our…
Asking the right question?
Preacher: Revd Matthew Rushton, Canon Precentor, Rochester Cathedral Readings: Isaiah 45:1-7; Matthew 22:15-22 In these uncertain and confusing times, those in authority are under particular scrutiny, as they make…
Eden – Where it all went wrong, theologically
Preacher: Jayne Ozanne Readings: Genesis 3:1-19; 2 Corinthians 4:16-18; 5:16-21 I lost my cat a few weeks ago – which has rather turned my world upside down. If you’ve ever lost an animal, you’ll know the heart…
Unmute
Preacher: Revd Donald MacEwan, University Chaplain Readings: Exodus 20:1-20; Matthew 21:33-46 You’re on mute, Donald! How often have I heard that in Teams meetings over the past six months. I still make that rookie…
The Parable of the Two Sons
Preacher: Mgr Patrick Burke, Vicar General, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh Readings: Ezekiel 18: 1-4, 25-32; Matthew 21: 23-32 It is, I think, 38 years since I arrived at this University to…