The Undoing
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplainReadings: Amos 5:6-7, 10-15; Mark 10:17-31 A couple of weeks ago, I read an essay as part of my Masters Course in Creative Writing. It’s called Undoings. In it,…
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“Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how’d you get that, eh?”
Preacher: Revd Giles Dove, Assistant ChaplainReadings: Revelation 1:: 4b-8; St John 18:33-37 “Jesus answered (Pilate) ‘You say that I am a king.’” Israel was a captive nation under the rule of the Roman Empire. As…
A sense of direction: the road to less harm
Preacher: Revd David Coleman, Chaplain, Eco-Congregation ScotlandReadings: Malachi 3:1-4; Luke 3:1-6 There’s always some agenda….. for why we hear readings together: the acerbic forthrightness of John the Baptist…
We come from love and we return to love
Preacher: Revd Samantha Ferguson, Assistant ChaplainReadings: Deuteronomy 6:1-9; Mark 12:28-34 In the name of the Father, And of the Son And of the Holy Spirit. Good Morning – Please be seated. So to begin with this…
Blind Bartimaeus
Preacher: Rt Revd Dr John Armes, Bishop of EdinburghReadings: Job 42:1-6, 10-17; Mark 10:46-52 ‘Teacher, let me see again.’ Blind Bartimaeus, we call him, but as I shall reflect in a moment, there are ways in which he…
The Insider, the Outsider, and the One Thing
Preacher: The Rev. Dr Benjamin R. Doolittle, MD MDIV, Professor, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Yale UniversityReadings: Mark 10:35-45; Isaiah 53:4-12 The Gift of Anam Cara Greetings to you all from Pilgrim…
God in our Midst
Preacher: Archbishop Miguel Maury Buendia, Apostolic Nuncio to Great BritainReadings: Job 1:1, 2:1-10; Mark 10:2-16 Dear brothers and sisters, I am very happy to preach today at St Salvador’s Chapel in this prestigious…
Putting out fires or fanning the flames? Being wise in worship and leadership
Preacher: Revd Marja Flipse, Vicar for Liturgy and Worship East Cardiff Ministry AreaReadings: Numbers 11: 4-6, 10-16, 24-29; Mark 9: 38-50 It’s been 21 years this month since I walked into this chapel as a new…
Far from the sinful city
Preacher: Revd Giles Dove, University Assistant ChaplainReadings: James 3:13 – 4:3, 7-8; Mark 9:30-37 In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. For where there is envy and selfish…
You can’t always get what you want
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplainReadings: Proverbs 1:20-33; Mark 8:27-38 Last week, with many parents in chapel, we reflected on a song by The Who from 1965 – Talkin’ ’bout my generation. This…