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:…
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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…
Compline 9 April
Preacher: Rev Professor Ian Bradley Address on touch for Maundy Thursday Christ’s is the world in which we move; Christ’s are the folk we’re summoned to love; Christ’s is the voice which calls us to care, and Christ is…
Compline 8 April 2020
Preacher: Fiona Barnard, Honorary International Chaplain Topic: TASTE After saying this Jesus was troubled in spirit, and declared, “Very truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.” The disciples looked at one…
Compline 6 April 2020
Preacher: Revd Samantha Ferguson Reading: John 12:1-11 Topic: Smell We are at the end of our Lenten journey and at the beginning of our Holy Week pilgrimage with Jesus towards his cross. Tonight, Jesus, who has been…
A Glimpse of Glory
Preacher: Rt Rev Colin A M Sinclair, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Readings: Matthew 17: 1-9; 2 Peter 1: 16-21 We all need special days, to put what we do into perspective; to rekindle the…
John the Baptist – Entrepreneur
Readings – Isaiah 11:1-10; Matthew 3:1-12 Good morning As an economist, it’s natural for me to see the world, heaven and earth, through the lens of economic models, markets, incentives and categories. This economic…
From darkness to light…
Readings: Colossians1: 11-20; Luke 23: 33-43 Today is the last Sunday of the Church Year – and next week we will be starting the season of Advent – where we prepare for the birth of Christ in our world on Christmas Day…
Tragicomical History
Readings: Isaiah 65:7-25; Luke 21:5-19 According to William Hazlitt, English essayist of 200 years ago, Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck by the difference between…
The Challenge of Choice
Readings: Jeremiah 29: 1, 4-7; Luke 17: 11-19 May the words of my lips and the meditations of all our hearts be now and always acceptable in your sight, O Lord our strength and our redeemer. ‘Seek the welfare of the…