Sermons
Special sermons on particular occasions.
Current sermons, at our local church, St Andrew's Chesterton, Cambridge, may be seen here.
Scribal Wisdom
06/02/2024 from Sermons
A sermon preached at the leavers’ service,
Trinity College, Bristol, 4 June 2011
published in Church of England Newspaper, 8th July 2011 and on Fulcrum, 30 June 2011
Nourishing Unity, BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship sermon 22 Jan 2023, Selwyn College, Cambridge
22/01/2023 from Sermons
Text and audio file of my sermon broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Sunday Worship, Sun 22 Jan 2023, 8.10am from Selwyn College Chapel, Cambridge. It was recorded on Tues 17 Jan 2023. Leader Revd Dr Arabella Milbank Robinson, Dean of Chapel and Chaplain; Director of Music Sarah MacDonald; organist Adam Field. Radio 4 text and audio file of whole service here.
Succession - the Comforter
18/10/2022 from Sermons
My sermon, 'Succession - The Comforter' at Fitzwilliam College, University of Cambridge, on Sun 16 Oct 2022. The reading was John 16.1-11. It may be seen on YouTube here, starting 1 hour 12 minutes in - the recording started during the choir rehearsal.
Priscilla, Chester Cathedral, 24 Oct 2021
10/11/2021 from Sermons
My sermon at Chester Cathedral on Sun 24 Oct 2021, 10am, expounding the biblical story, and painting by Silvia Dimitrova, of Priscilla. The reading was Acts 18: 1-4, 24-28. It may be seen on YouTube here, starting 30 minutes in.
Esther, St Andrew's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge 26 Sept 2021
05/10/2021 from Sermons
My sermon at St Andrew's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge on Sunday 26 September 2021, 10am, expounding the Book of Esther. The Old Testament reading was Esther 4.6-17.
Generosity and Thanksgiving: Commemoration of Benefactors of Selwyn College, Cambridge, 25 Sept 2021
01/10/2021 from Sermons
My sermon at Evensong Selwyn College, Cambridge, 25 Sept 2021, for the Commemoration of Benefactors of the College.
It may see seen on YouTube here at 44 mins 15 secs.
'Identity and Being Safe' Confirmation at St Andrew's Chesterton 20 June 2021
22/06/2021 from Sermons
My confirmation sermon at St Andrew's Chesterton, Cambridge, 20 June 2021 on Mark 4: 35-41.
It may be seen on YouTube here at 16 mins.
Holy Week 2021, St Andrew's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge 28 Mar-2 April
29/03/2021 from Sermons
YouTube sermons during Holy Week 2021, at St Andrew's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge, our local church. Palm Sunday All Age Worship (28 Mar); Mon, Turning the Talbes (29 Mar); Tues, Tenants in the Vineyard (30 Mar); Wed, Meditation on Anointing at Bethany (31 Mar); Good Friday, Around the Cross (2 April).
Temptation and Faith, St Andrew's Chesterton, 28 Feb 2021
05/03/2021 from Sermons
Sermon at St Andrew's Church, Chesterton, Cambridge, 28 Feb 2021. It may be viewed on YouTube here.
Advent for All Ages, St Andrew's Chesterton, 29 Nov 2020
29/11/2020 from Sermons
Sermon at the All Age Service at St Andrew's Chesterton, Cambridge, Advent Sunday, 29 Nov 2020. It may be viewed on YouTube here.
'Sarah', Selwyn College, Cambridge, 25 Oct 2020
16/11/2020 from Sermons
My sermon at Evensong at Selwyn College, Cambridge, on Sun 25 Oct 2020, preceded by the world premiere of Tristan Latchford's anthem, 'Sarah', based on my poem and on the painting by Silvia Dimitrova. The whole service may be viewed here and my sermon begins at 46 mins.
The Redress of Mission: Ramsden Sermon University of Cambridge, 31 May 1998
09/09/2020 from Sermons
I was invited by the Vice-Chancellor to preach the University of Cambridge 'Ramsden Sermon' on 31 May 1998, at Great St Mary's, the University Church.
It is an annual sermon to be preached on Whit Sunday (the day of Pentecost) on the subject of 'Church Extension Overeas especially in the Commonwealth of Nations'.
It was published in Anvil 16.1 (1999), pp. 7-11.