Money, Money, Money!
Preacher: Revd Samantha Ferguson, Assistant ChaplainReadings: Amos 6: 1a, 4-7; Luke 16: 19-31 In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen Please sit. There are times in a priest’s life when…
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The Vision Thing
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplainReadings: Deuteronomy 34:1-12; Revelation 21:10, 22 – 22:5 It will become clearer in a while why I chose the title The Vision Thing. But as I was preparing during…
Casting, Tuning, Ringing
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplainReadings: 1 Corinthians 13; John 13:31-35 I love the sound of the bells from St Salvator’s Tower. I hear them – as we all do in St Andrews – on Sunday mornings, or…
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…