January 22, 2009 Homily in Week of Prayer for Christian Unity – Fr. Nicholas King The theologian Frances Young describes her experience of driving through the lanes near her home in Birmingham, with her very handicapped son Arthur, and…
January 18, 2009 The 'I Am' Sayings in St. John's Gospel: An Introduction – The Chaplain A warm welcome back to College, to students, staff, Fellows, choristers, parents and visitors. It has been a recent tradition to have a sermon…
November 9, 2008 Remembrance Day – The Right Rev'd David Urquhart ‘War will continue to the end’ (Daniel 9:26) The national movement of remembrance started after what was called ‘the war to end wars’ in…
November 2, 2008 All Saints – Rev'd Nicholas King It is November. In the Northern Hemisphere, this is a dead month. Dead leaves are being stripped off the trees; the darkness seems all-pervasive;…
October 26, 2008 The Wisdom to Know the Difference – Dr Susan Gillingham I wonder if any of you were surprised by our Old Testament reading from Ecclesiastes. It could not be more different from the readings…
October 12, 2008 Freshers' Sermon – The Chaplain “Bilbo used often to say that there was only one road; that it was like a great river: its springs were at every doorstep,…
May 25, 2008 Salt of the Earth – The Chaplain Once upon a time, a long time ago, there lived a rich man and his three daughters. One day, the rich man asked his…
May 18, 2008 Trinity Sunday – Dr Susan Gillingham ‘Trinity Term’ – two words which we have all used many times over the last few weeks. But the term ‘Trinity’ – now that…
May 11, 2008 Pentecost – Professor Sarah Foot + ‘I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see…
April 27, 2008 Revelation 21:22-22:5 – Very Rev'd Victor Stock At Harvard there are resonances with Oxford, not least a fast-flowing river and oarsmen rowing. Connecting the boathouses with Harvard and crossing the Charles…