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Choral Mattins Trinity 17

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Sermon by Nicholas Thistlethwaite on Sunday 22nd September 2013

Cathedral Eucharist Trinity 16

In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Upon my bed at nightI sought him whom my soul loves;I sought him, but found him not;I called him, but he gave no answer.I will rise now and go about the city,In the streets and in the squares;I will seek him whom my soul lov… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 15th September 2013

What, why and how?

Evensong - Installation Service The big news – history made today.  Guildford Cathedral now has the shortest Dean in the Church of England.  It’s not really news, is it?  It won’t make the papers – it won’t change many lives, the fact that I am short.&… Read more

Sermon by Dianna Gwilliams on Sunday 15th September 2013

St Mary's Thorpe

It is very good indeed to be able to join with you as you celebrate your patronal festival in worship and fellowship; and I bring warm greetings from your Cathedral Church as together we seek to share the love of God in this Diocese. In February 2012, five members of the Russian feminist punk-roc… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 8th September 2013

The Tenth Sunday after Trinity

For those of you who know the musical “Joseph”, you’ll recollect that it ends with the following reprise: May I return to the beginningThe light is dimming, and the dream is tooThe world and I, we are still waitingStill hesitating, any dream will do. Give me my coloured coat,My… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 4th August 2013

The Ninth Sunday after Trinity

I’ve got a crush on the Archbishop of Canterbury. That’s not a personal confession, much as I admire him; rather it is the by-line of an op ed piece by Marina Hyde in yesterday’s Guardian. It might sound like a surprising expression of admiration from a journalist; but it’… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 28th July 2013

The Eighth Sunday after Trinity

Sisters, sisters,There were never such devoted sisters,Never had to have a chaperone, no sir,I’m there to keep my eye on her.Caring, sharingEvery little thing that we are wearing.When a certain gentleman arrived from RomeShe wore the dress, and I stayed home.All kinds of weather, we stick… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 21st July 2013

The Eighth Sunday after Trinity - Evensong

I saw the industrial scene said Lowry and I was affected by it. I wanted to get a certain effect on canvas. I couldn't describe it, but I knew it when I'd got it. I've got a one-track mind, he said, I only deal with poverty. Always with the gloom. And for 40 years, he never tired of paining the ur… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 21st July 2013

Evensong at Loxwood and Alford

I tend to operate quite close to the wire in many things, including packing. I end up throwing at the last minute without recourse to a list or the weather forecast. Consequently, I arrived in a rain swept Derbyshire for a clergy conference with 4 pairs of shoes but no umbrella. Add to that my pro… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 7th July 2013

Eucharist at St Andrew's Farnham

This week it was announced that Girl Guides will no longer pledge their loyalty to God and country. Instead the promise will include a commitment ‘to be true to myself and develop my beliefs’.   Some will argue that this reflects society, making Guides open to all by extendin… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 23rd June 2013

Cathedral Eucharist Trinity 3

The one to whom little is forgiven, loves littleLuke 7.47b If you are wise…you will show yourself as a tank, and not a pipe. For a pipe pours out as fast as it takes in; but a tank waits till it is full before it overflows, and so communicates its surplus without loss to itself. We hav… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 16th June 2013

The First Sunday after Trinity

‘Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I am addressing to you today’  ‘Legislation is not primarily for the use of people who have common sense; it is to regulate people who have not got a great deal of common sense.’ That thought, of one of our current leg… Read more

Sermon by on Sunday 2nd June 2013