March 4, 2007 Te Deum – Dr Susan Gillingham This sermon is part of a series of nine, all on the chapel décor, which have taken some four years to complete. My first…
February 25, 2007 Blessed are the peacemakers – Rev'd Dowell Conning Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God. There’s a wonderful rabbinic story that says when God had created all…
February 18, 2007 Blessed are the pure in heart – The Chaplain In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen ‘Blessed are the pure in heart for they…
February 11, 2007 Blessed are the merciful – Canon David Winter ‘Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy’ Matthew 5:7 Mercy, it’s said, is when we deserve something bad but don’t get it….
January 21, 2007 Blessed are they who mourn – Dr N.T. Wright ‘In some languages,’ said the linguistics lecturer, ‘a double negative means a negative; in some languages a double negative means a positive. But in…
January 14, 2007 Blessed are the poor in spirit – Canon Beau Stevenson Humility – or being Poor in spirit has always been an admirable quality. However, there has always been a double bind associated with it….
November 26, 2006 Epiphany Window – Dr Susan Gillingham You might have been wondering where the stained glass window on the front of your service sheet is from. It’s actually one of our…
October 29, 2006 Soldier of Christ – Rev'd Jonathan Baker There would be a certain delicious cruelty in preaching only tonight on the last verse from our reading from Ecclesiastes: ‘youth and the dawn…
October 22, 2006 Matthew 12:1-21 – The Chaplain Over the last few years a number of comic book superheroes have made the leap from the glossy page to the silver screen. Out…
October 15, 2006 Matthew 11:20-end – Sr. Nora Coughlan This passage from Matthew’s Gospel opens with some stark reproaches to those who had received so much from God. It reminds us of what…