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A Charter for Freedom
Published: Oct 04, 2020
A Community in Space and Time
Published: Sep 27, 2020
Forgiven and Forgiving
Published: Sep 13, 2020
Love's Authority
Published: Sep 06, 2020
Take up your cross
Published: Aug 30, 2020
Having to let go
Published: Aug 23, 2020
A transforming encounter
Published: Aug 16, 2020
The trust test
Published: Aug 09, 2020
Wrestling with God
Published: Aug 02, 2020
The smallest of seeds
Published: Jul 26, 2020
The Wheat and the Tares
Published: Jul 19, 2020
Broken Soil
Published: Jul 12, 2020
God of Surprises
Published: Jul 05, 2020
The Truth Test
Published: Jun 28, 2020
Closer than you think
Published: Jun 21, 2020
Space for discernment
Published: Jun 14, 2020
Trinity Sunday
Published: Jun 07, 2020
Pentecost
Published: May 31, 2020
The Strangest Sunday
Published: May 24, 2020
If you love me
Published: May 17, 2020
Do not let your hearts be troubled
Published: May 10, 2020
Forgiveness
Published: May 03, 2020
Our road to Emmaus
Published: Apr 26, 2020
Justified Thomas
Published: Apr 19, 2020
The Light of Christ
Published: Apr 12, 2020
The Last Supper
Published: Apr 09, 2020
Palm Sunday 2020
Published: Apr 05, 2020
A Rule of Life
Published: Mar 29, 2020
Mothering Sunday 2020
Published: Mar 24, 2020
Pandemics (and how to deal with them)
Published: Mar 15, 2020
The perils of adulation
Published: Mar 01, 2020
Carrying the glory from mount to plain
Published: Feb 23, 2020
Creation
Published: Feb 16, 2020
Guild Sunday
Published: Feb 09, 2020
The Risk of Loving
Published: Feb 02, 2020
Living in faith
Published: Jan 26, 2020
Benefits and obligations
Published: Jan 19, 2020
The Baptism of Christ
Published: Jan 12, 2020
Epiphany
Published: Jan 05, 2020
Otherwise
Published: Dec 29, 2019
Judgment
Published: Dec 22, 2019
Fleet Street Carols
Published: Dec 19, 2019
Death
Published: Dec 15, 2019
Fire and brimstone?
Published: Dec 08, 2019
Heaven
Published: Dec 01, 2019
Christ the King
Published: Nov 24, 2019
Idleness and endurance
Published: Nov 17, 2019
Remembrance
Published: Nov 10, 2019
All Saints
Published: Nov 03, 2019
Trafalgar Sunday
Published: Oct 27, 2019
Harvest Thanksgiving
Published: Oct 20, 2019
Thanksgiving
Published: Oct 13, 2019
Faith
Published: Oct 06, 2019
St Michael and All Angels
Published: Sep 29, 2019
Inspire! Sunday
Published: Sep 22, 2019
Costly grace
Published: Sep 08, 2019
Look up!
Published: Sep 01, 2019
Prayer and (Dis)comfort
Published: Aug 11, 2019
Treasure
Published: Aug 04, 2019
Heavenly Harmony
Published: Jul 28, 2019
Priorities (and how to order them)
Published: Jul 21, 2019
Go and do likewise
Published: Jul 14, 2019
Brides and Grooms
Published: Jul 07, 2019
Sowing and Reaping
Published: Jul 07, 2019
Quiet virtues
Published: Jun 30, 2019
Deepening Discipleship 2019
Published: Jun 23, 2019
The importance of age
Published: Jun 16, 2019
Celestial satnav
Published: Jun 09, 2019
Theological no-man's land
Published: Jun 02, 2019
Bones, water and hope
Published: May 26, 2019
The Fifth Sunday of Easter
Published: May 19, 2019
On Shepherding
Published: May 12, 2019
The Third Sunday of Easter
Published: May 05, 2019
Death could not hold him
Published: Apr 21, 2019
Only a broken flask
Published: Apr 07, 2019
Mothering
Published: Mar 31, 2019
The Third Sunday of Lent
Published: Mar 24, 2019
Never too late
Published: Mar 17, 2019
Desert, fasting, temptation
Published: Mar 10, 2019
The Great Preservers
Published: Mar 03, 2019
Stereotypes and fear
Published: Feb 24, 2019
Sermon on the Plain
Published: Feb 17, 2019
Guild Sunday
Published: Feb 10, 2019
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Published: Feb 03, 2019
Holocaust Memorial Day
Published: Jan 27, 2019
Varieties of Gifts
Published: Jan 20, 2019
The Baptism of Christ
Published: Jan 13, 2019
Christmas Day
Published: Dec 25, 2018
Midnight Mass
Published: Dec 24, 2018
Annunciation
Published: Dec 23, 2018
Free grace, not cheap grace
Published: Dec 16, 2018
John the Baptist
Published: Dec 09, 2018
Advent Sunday
Published: Dec 02, 2018
Cellist of Sarajevo
Published: Nov 18, 2018
Seek the Peace of the City
Published: Nov 11, 2018
Armistice Day 2018
Published: Nov 11, 2018
All Saints
Published: Nov 04, 2018
St Simon and St Jude
Published: Oct 28, 2018
Dust and Grace
Published: Oct 07, 2018
Hubert Parry: connecting our souls with the divine
Published: Oct 07, 2018
Words Matter
Published: Sep 16, 2018
Syrophoenician woman
Published: Sep 09, 2018
Caught not taught
Published: Sep 02, 2018
Bread of Life
Published: Aug 05, 2018
Power and Strength
Published: Jul 15, 2018
'Do not fear - only believe' - a reflection on 30 years since ordination
Published: Jul 01, 2018
Love, Joy, Fruit
Published: May 06, 2018
Laying down one's life
Published: Apr 22, 2018
Palm Sunday
Published: Mar 25, 2018
Mothering Sunday
Published: Mar 11, 2018
Horror and Beauty
Published: Mar 04, 2018
The antidote to our distraction
Published: Feb 18, 2018
The Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)
Published: Jan 28, 2018
Guild Sunday
Published: Jan 21, 2018
In whom there is no guile
Published: Jan 14, 2018
Call to Repentance
Published: Dec 10, 2017
Christ the King
Published: Nov 26, 2017
Parable of the Talents
Published: Nov 19, 2017
Remembrance Sunday
Published: Nov 12, 2017
All Saints
Published: Nov 05, 2017
Trafalgar Sunday
Published: Oct 22, 2017
Harvest Thanksgiving
Published: Oct 08, 2017
Ambition
Published: Oct 01, 2017
Labourers in the vineyard
Published: Sep 24, 2017
Forgiveness
Published: Sep 17, 2017
The lessons of the years
Published: Sep 10, 2017
Deep Connections
Published: Sep 03, 2017
Faith
Published: Aug 27, 2017
Ice-skating Jesus
Published: Aug 13, 2017
Transfiguration
Published: Aug 06, 2017
Sacred Space
Published: Jul 02, 2017
Corpus Christi
Published: Jun 18, 2017
Trinity Sunday
Published: Jun 11, 2017
Pentecost
Published: Jun 04, 2017
Spanning Heaven and Earth
Published: May 28, 2017
Noah and Co
Published: May 21, 2017
St Stephen
Published: May 14, 2017
Boundaries
Published: May 07, 2017
Election Season, again
Published: Apr 30, 2017
Led Zeppelin
Published: Apr 30, 2017
Easter Joy
Published: Apr 23, 2017
Expectations of the risen Christ
Published: Apr 16, 2017
Maundy Thursday
Published: Apr 13, 2017
Palm Sunday
Published: Apr 09, 2017
Passion Sunday
Published: Apr 02, 2017
Water for the desert and the journey
Published: Mar 19, 2017
Our souls calm retreat
Published: Mar 12, 2017
Lent
Published: Mar 06, 2017
Discerning obedience
Published: Mar 05, 2017
Guild Sunday 2017
Published: Feb 26, 2017
Mountain Glory
Published: Feb 26, 2017
God and Mammon
Published: Feb 19, 2017
Christ's enduring presence
Published: Jan 29, 2017
Candlemas
Published: Jan 29, 2017
Called to reconciliation
Published: Jan 22, 2017
Behold the Lamb of God
Published: Jan 15, 2017
Martin Luther King
Published: Jan 15, 2017
Guiding Star
Published: Jan 08, 2017
The Naming and Circumcision of Christ
Published: Jan 01, 2017
The people who sat in darkness
Published: Dec 24, 2016
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Published: Dec 18, 2016
Advent 3: Death
Published: Dec 04, 2016
"As it was in Noah's day"
Published: Nov 27, 2016
Christ the King
Published: Nov 20, 2016
Remembrance
Published: Nov 13, 2016
All Saints'
Published: Oct 26, 2016
Trafalgar Day
Published: Oct 23, 2016
Commitment
Published: Oct 16, 2016
Harvest Thanksgiving
Published: Oct 09, 2016
Guard the deposit
Published: Oct 02, 2016
Whoever is faithful in a very little
Published: Sep 29, 2016
Bright and Beautiful!
Published: Sep 25, 2016
The Lost Sheep
Published: Sep 11, 2016
The Call
Published: Sep 04, 2016
Pride and Humility
Published: Aug 28, 2016
Healing on the Sabbath
Published: Aug 21, 2016
The Peace of God
Published: Aug 14, 2016
Something to treasure
Published: Aug 07, 2016
The Lord's Prayer
Published: Jul 24, 2016
The value of contemplation
Published: Jul 17, 2016
The Samaritan and the Levite
Published: Jul 10, 2016
Freedom
Published: Jun 26, 2016
Inclusiveness
Published: Jun 20, 2016
Possession
Published: Jun 19, 2016
Blindness and Sight
Published: Jun 12, 2016
Raising Lazarus
Published: Jun 05, 2016
The Go-Between God
Published: May 15, 2016
Thy will be done
Published: May 08, 2016
'My very chains and I grew friends'
Published: May 01, 2016
Trust in Adversity
Published: Apr 24, 2016
The Reality of Easter
Published: Apr 10, 2016
Do not be afraid
Published: Apr 03, 2016
Easter Day
Published: Mar 27, 2016
Maundy Thursday
Published: Mar 24, 2016
Palm Sunday
Published: Mar 20, 2016
Judas
Published: Mar 13, 2016
Mothering
Published: Mar 06, 2016
Freedom from Fear
Published: Feb 21, 2016
Tempted as we are...
Published: Feb 17, 2016
Transfiguration
Published: Feb 17, 2016
The glory of incompleteness
Published: Jan 31, 2016
Lifted up ...
Published: Jan 26, 2016
Temporarily able bodied
Published: Jan 24, 2016
Water into wine
Published: Jan 17, 2016
All in a name
Published: Jan 10, 2016
Divine Abundance
Published: Jan 03, 2016
Epiphany
Published: Jan 03, 2016
St John the Apostle and Evangelist
Published: Dec 27, 2015
Midnight Mass
Published: Dec 25, 2015
Subversive liberation
Published: Dec 20, 2015
Watching
Published: Dec 06, 2015
Waiting
Published: Nov 29, 2015
Paris
Published: Nov 23, 2015
Remembrance
Published: Nov 23, 2015
All Saints' Sunday
Published: Nov 23, 2015
Trafalgar Sunday
Published: Nov 23, 2015
St Luke
Published: Nov 23, 2015
The story that shines through ...
Published: Oct 15, 2015
Like a little child
Published: Oct 15, 2015
All one in Christ
Published: Oct 15, 2015
Not my problem?
Published: Oct 15, 2015
Benson and Hedges
Published: Aug 30, 2015
Let us feed on Him
Published: Aug 23, 2015
Be Angry!
Published: Aug 09, 2015
Grumbling Sunday
Published: Aug 02, 2015
Loaves and Fishes
Published: Jul 26, 2015
The King of Love
Published: Jul 19, 2015
60th Anniversary of the Guild of St Bride
Published: Jul 12, 2015
A Crisis of Vocation
Published: Jul 05, 2015
'Power in Weakness'
Published: Jul 05, 2015
A tale of two daughters
Published: Jun 28, 2015
Stilling the Storm
Published: Jun 21, 2015
Seen and Unseen
Published: Jun 07, 2015
'God made us, God's like us; God's with us.'
Published: May 31, 2015
Light Bulb Moments
Published: May 30, 2015
Starfish Ministry
Published: May 30, 2015
Rev Brian Beck
Published: May 30, 2015
Pentecost
Published: May 24, 2015
'As we forgive them...'
Published: Apr 28, 2015
Jesus said, 'Do not be afraid, Peace be with you'
Published: Apr 17, 2015
'Love so amazing, so divine ...'
Published: Apr 17, 2015
Crowding
Published: Mar 29, 2015
'Unless a grain of wheat ...'
Published: Mar 23, 2015
Mothering
Published: Mar 23, 2015
Blitzed Out?
Published: Mar 08, 2015
Take up your cross...
Published: Mar 05, 2015
Fruits in Eden never known
Published: Feb 26, 2015
The Great Trailer
Published: Feb 19, 2015
Road Maps and Mystery
Published: Feb 19, 2015
Recognition
Published: Feb 19, 2015
Passion and Compassion
Published: Feb 19, 2015
The Joy of Being Wrong
Published: Feb 19, 2015
Mightier than the sword
Published: Feb 19, 2015
Gifts
Published: Jan 04, 2015
Sheep, Goats and MPs
Published: Nov 23, 2014
St Bride's and the Guild
Published: Nov 16, 2014
Remembrance Sunday
Published: Nov 09, 2014
The Mystic Lamb
Published: Nov 02, 2014
The two commandments
Published: Oct 26, 2014
God and Caesar
Published: Oct 19, 2014
Unity
Published: Oct 12, 2014
The vineyards of the Lord
Published: Oct 05, 2014
St Matthew
Published: Sep 30, 2014
His state was divine
Published: Sep 28, 2014
The extent of forgiveness
Published: Sep 17, 2014
Summing up the commandments
Published: Sep 15, 2014
Life in the cross
Published: Sep 01, 2014
St Bartholomew
Published: Sep 01, 2014
May joy unite us at God's table
Published: Sep 01, 2014
God moves in a mysterious way
Published: Aug 10, 2014
We will remember
Published: Aug 08, 2014
The one less travelled by
Published: Jul 30, 2014
Wheat and Tares
Published: Jul 22, 2014
The parable of the Sower
Published: Jul 18, 2014
St Peter and Paul - Founder's Day
Published: Jun 30, 2014
Love thy neighbour
Published: Jun 25, 2014
The Present Tense
Published: Jun 18, 2014
Pentecost
Published: Jun 10, 2014
Waiting
Published: Jun 02, 2014
The unknown God
Published: May 30, 2014
A Broad Church
Published: May 19, 2014
The Good Shepherd
Published: May 13, 2014
We are God's Temple
Published: May 06, 2014
World Press Freedom Day
Published: May 06, 2014
Endings and beginnings
Published: May 02, 2014
The trouble with mother
Published: Apr 16, 2014
Transfiguration
Published: Mar 03, 2014
Do not worry about tomorrow
Published: Feb 23, 2014
The offering of life
Published: Feb 19, 2014
Light and Salt
Published: Feb 11, 2014
Candlemas
Published: Feb 11, 2014
The rise of technology
Published: Jan 28, 2014
The Dignity of Difference
Published: Jan 19, 2014
Cracked Pots
Published: Jan 12, 2014
Living Generously
Published: Jan 06, 2014
Will we recognise him?
Published: Dec 23, 2013
Nelson Mandela
Published: Dec 23, 2013
The hope of Advent
Published: Dec 13, 2013
The uncertainty of Advent
Published: Dec 01, 2013
Sunday next before Advent
Published: Nov 28, 2013
The Church's year
Published: Nov 21, 2013
Greater love hath no man
Published: Nov 19, 2013
Trafalgar Day: Christianity and Patriotism
Published: Oct 23, 2013
Come to the banquet
Published: Sep 19, 2013
Christian persecution
Published: Sep 18, 2013
The cost of faith
Published: Sep 10, 2013
For all that shall be-YES!
Published: Sep 04, 2013
Some enchanted evening
Published: Aug 25, 2013
A pourer of oil
Published: Aug 18, 2013
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Published: Aug 12, 2013
The difference between Having and Being
Published: Aug 04, 2013
The Lord's Prayer
Published: Jul 28, 2013
Mary and Martha
Published: Jul 26, 2013
The Good Samaritan
Published: Jul 14, 2013
The Book of Mormon
Published: Jul 07, 2013
Forty Years On
Published: Jun 30, 2013
Casting out the devils
Published: Jun 23, 2013
The Seven Churches
Published: Jun 19, 2013
St Paul
Published: Jun 11, 2013
The Faith of the Centurion
Published: Jun 01, 2013
Trinity Sunday
Published: May 26, 2013
Talents
Published: May 21, 2013
Baptism and Witness
Published: May 13, 2013
A glass half full?
Published: May 05, 2013
World Press Freedom Day. May 3
Published: May 05, 2013
Think outside the box
Published: Apr 29, 2013
All we, like sheep
Published: Apr 22, 2013
Conviction and Consensus
Published: Apr 15, 2013
The value of doubt
Published: Apr 07, 2013
He is risen!
Published: Mar 31, 2013
'Tis good, Lord, to be here
Published: Feb 11, 2013
Guild Sunday, 3rd February 2013
Published: Feb 04, 2013
Church of England - Could do better?
Published: Jan 28, 2013
Baptism and our response to God's calling
Published: Jan 13, 2013
Epiphany - a darker feast
Published: Jan 06, 2013
Women Take Centre Stage
Published: Dec 23, 2012
The Christmas Story
Published: Dec 18, 2012
Life Is Like A Football Match
Published: Dec 17, 2012
I blame Handel's Messiah
Published: Dec 12, 2012
Levenson Inquiry: Reading the Signs of the Times
Published: Dec 07, 2012
Women bishops
Published: Nov 25, 2012
St Ceciliatide
Published: Nov 18, 2012
The Ten Virgins
Published: Nov 04, 2012
Thoughts for Holy Week
Published: Mar 31, 2012
In Memoria: Marie Colvin & Remy Ochlik
Published: Feb 22, 2012
London Riots
Published: Aug 17, 2011
Phone Hacking
Published: Jul 21, 2011
History Matters
Published: May 12, 2011
Deliverance From Death: The Miracle of Resurrection
Published: Mar 07, 2011
The Big Society
Published: Mar 01, 2011
Women and the Episcopate
Published: Jan 18, 2011
A Season of Commemoration
Published: Sep 22, 2010
Just as I am
Published: May 04, 2010
The Celtic Month of March
Published: Mar 05, 2010
Crisis, what crisis?
Published: Dec 05, 2009
The Same Difference
Published: Oct 27, 2009
Why choosing the right Speaker for the House of Commons matters
Published: Jun 17, 2009
Doing God in Today's Marketplace
Published: Feb 12, 2009
God & The Big Bang
Published: Oct 24, 2008
Gold Rush Olympics
Published: Sep 10, 2008
The HFE Bill: a battle science won & religion lost
Published: Jun 05, 2008
When do you think human life begins?
Published: Apr 30, 2008
A Glass Half Full?
Published: Jan 15, 2008
Harvest of the Printed Word
Published: Nov 07, 2007
"Rub Gently"
Published: Sep 05, 2007
"All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players."
Published: Jul 04, 2007
The Power of Words
Published: Apr 25, 2007
God Is Green
Published: Jan 31, 2007
The Book of Genocide
Published: Dec 06, 2006
The Safety of the World
Published: Nov 20, 2006
For Christians and Jews humour and religion often go together
Published: Sep 29, 2006
”God moves in a mysterious way”
Published: Jun 30, 2006
Da Vinci Code: The Verdict - Love one another as I have loved you
Published: May 31, 2006
Let’s start some arguments at St Bride’s
Published: May 02, 2006
New Life of Spring
Published: Jan 23, 2006
"England expects that every man will do his duty"
Published: Oct 07, 2005
Four Years On
Published: Sep 08, 2005
VE Day
Published: May 09, 2005
Tsunami Disaster
Published: Jan 10, 2005
All Saints or All Sinners
Published: Nov 24, 2004
"The greatest of evils and the worst of crimes"
Published: Sep 27, 2004
"Love one another as I have loved you"
Published: May 14, 2004
Can we trust the BBC?
Published: Feb 06, 2004
Be still and know
Published: Sep 22, 2003
"Why? What wrong has he done?"
Published: Jul 15, 2003
"Despatches from the Front"
Published: Apr 08, 2003
May You Keep a Good Lent
Published: Feb 17, 2003
Light in Darkness
Published: Dec 10, 2002
Harvest of the Printed Word
Published: Oct 05, 2002
One Year On
Published: Sep 01, 2002
A Garden is a Lovesome Thing
Published: Jul 06, 2002
The Royal Family
Published: May 22, 2002
Daniel Pearl
Published: Feb 11, 2002