19 August 2018 10.30 Sung Eucharist The Twelfth Sunday after Trinity Canon Simon Cowling Ephesians 5. 15-20; John 6. 51-58 We believe in life before death. Some years ago, Christian Aid introduced this statement into its annual campaign. It succeeds in being unobjectionable, challenging and subversive in equal measure. The statement is unobjectionable because it’s […]
18 February 2018 Lent 1 Revd Jonathan Cain Gen. 9: 8-17; Mark 1: 9-15 “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father, which is in heaven.” You may now be thinking one of two things. Either Jonathan has lost the plot and forgotten to do […]
08 October 2017 10.30 Sung Eucharist Harvest Festival (Trinity 17) Canon Simon Cowling Deuteronomy 8. 7-18; Matthew 21. 33 – end One day Rabbi Akiva met a man who asked him, ‘who created the world?’ ‘Why, God created the world, answered the rabbi’. ‘What proof do you have?’ asked the man. ‘Come back tomorrow and […]
Editor’s note. This sermon is the second by three visiting preachers in the Priory’s Lent sermon series in which we are reflecting theologically on the theme of ‘Business and the Kingdom’. The Venerable Dr Andy Jolley is Archdeacon of Bradford. Before ordination Andy worked as a Chartered Mechanical Engineer for the Ford Motor Company and subsequently as a […]
Editor’s note. This sermon is the first by three visiting preachers in the Priory’s Lent sermon series in which we are reflecting theologically on the theme of ‘Business and the Kingdom’. Cal Bailey is a Reader at St James Woodside in Leeds. He is both a Chartered Accountant and National Engineering Scholar and is sustainability Director […]
19 February 2017 10.30 Sung Eucharist The Second Sunday before Lent Revd Jonathan Cain Gen. 1:1 – 2:3; Mt. 6: 25-end “Truth is tricky. We have to take more seriously how prone we are to deluding ourselves that we have the truth. Furthermore, the scope for delusion is greatest when we are powerful – and when […]
11 January 2015: The Baptism of Christ 10.30 Sung Eucharist Louis della-Porta Genesis 1. 1-5; Mark 1. 4-11 Lord, may the words that I speak be guided by your holy spirit; and may our hearts and minds be open to you Lord. Amen. Happy New year to you all. Two weeks into 2015, am […]
02 November 2014, Commemoration of All Souls 16.30 Evensong Revd Simon Cowling Wisdom 3. 1-9; 1 Peter 1. 3-9 At the very beginning of St John’s Gospel there is a highly poetic description of the birth of Jesus. John’s account doesn’t have shepherds or angels – or even a baby. John tells us simply that […]