Talkin’ ’bout my generation
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplainReadings: Isaiah 35:3-7, 10; James 2:1-10, 14-17 There is a palpable sense today of different generations. A new generation of students has arrived in St Andrews,…
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Scattered seeds
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplaincReadings: 1 Samuel 15:34-16:13; Mark 4:26-34 Over five days and ten ceremonies last week, 2518 people from 97 different countries became graduates of the University…
13 Theses – or what I’ve noticed since 2011
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University ChaplainReadings: Isaiah 40:3-5, 27-31; Psalm 98; John 15:9-17 Every visiting preacher this year was invited by me to return to this pulpit, some years after their previous…
Throwing It All On Black, Part II-
Five Years On And Shrewdness Meets The Secular Preacher: Revd Dr Alan McCormack, Dean, Goodenough College, London and Chaplain to The Rt Hon The Lord Mayor of London at Mansion HouseReadings: 2 Kings 7:1-16; Acts…
SHEEP? Why did it have to be sheep…?
Preacher: Revd Samantha Ferguson, Assistant ChaplainReadings: 1 John 3:16-24; John 10:11-18 In the name of the father, son and Holy spirit.Amen Good morning and welcome to our chapel service just as exams begin. Even…
Hope in hard Times
Preacher: Jenny Baker, Operations Director, Green AllianceReadings: Romans 5:1-15; Luke 24:36b-48 I was delighted to be invited back to speak; I was last here in March 2019 – five years ago. Donald suggested that I…
Beyond lament
Preacher: Revd Dr Peter Donald, Minister: Cairnlea Parish Church, AirdrieReadings: John 20. 19-31; Acts 4. 32-35 I’d like to tell it as it was, but I’m also keen we should tell it as it is – that every one of us might…
Images of Jesus
Preacher: Revd Dr Donald MacEwan, University Chaplain Readings: Acts 10:34-43; Mark 16:1-8 Every so often I hear something that I think might turn up on Overheardrews, where a heady mix of the things students say ends…
Waiting on God: Rest and Recreation in an Age of Anxiety
Preacher: Professor Tina Beattie, Professor Emerita of Catholic Studies, University of Roehampton Readings: Genesis 2:1-4; Matthew 6:25-34 It’s Sunday. The day of rest. A day set apart to be holy. A day when even God…
Have a bit of nous! Opening our Spiritual Eyes
Preacher: Revd Dr Christopher Knight Readings: 2 Kings 6:8-17; Ephesians 1:17-23; Luke 11:33-36 It’s not often that people nowadays invoke an ancient Greek philosophical concept but – without knowing that this is what…