Please note that this podcast has been edited to remove any poems read out at the workshop due to copyright issues. Poems which were read out were at 00.05.25.517 - 'The Kingdom' from the collection 'Hm'm', at 00.23.50.331 - 'This To Do' which can be found in Collected Poems, at 00.33.52.143 - 'Kneeling' which can be found in Collected Poems and at 00.43.16.446 - 'The Gap' which can be found in 'Frequencies'. R.S. Thomas is one of the finest poets of the 20th century. His subject matter is the s...
May 01, 2018•51 min
Sermon by the Reverend Canon Tricia Hillas, Canon Pastor, at Evensong on the Fifth Sunday of Easter, 29 April 2018.
Apr 30, 2018•10 min
Sermon by Paul Woodbridge, Tutor in New Testament and Director of College Placements, Oakhill College, at Sung Eucharist on the Fifth Sunday of Easter, 29 April 2018.
Apr 30, 2018•11 min
Sermon by The Reverend Prebendary Stephen Coles, Vicar, St Thomas the Apostle, Finsbury Park, at Evensong on St George's Day, Monday 23 April 2018.
Apr 30, 2018•8 min
What is it that makes you who you are? In the West we live with a passionately autobiographical sense of self – I am who I am so long as I can tell my own story. Research tells us that people are more afraid of dementia than cancer because loss of identity is the worst thing we can imagine. But are there other ways to think about this? Beginning from the experience of people whose identity is seemingly dissolving in dementia, two of our greatest theologians will consider what it really means to ...
Apr 18, 2018•1 hr 29 min
The Reverend Canon Dr Jennifer Smith, Superintendent Minister, Wesley’s Chapel and Leysian Mission, preaches at Evensong, the Third Sunday of Easter, 15 April 2018.
Apr 16, 2018•10 min
The Reverend Canon Mark Oakley, Chancellor, preaches at Evensong on the Eve of the Annunciation of Our Lord to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Sunday 8 April 2018.
Apr 09, 2018•11 min
The Reverend Helen O'Sullivan, Priest Vicar and Chaplain at St Paul's Cathedral, preaches at the service of Festal Evensong on Easter Day, 1 April 2018.
Apr 09, 2018•12 min
Part of the 2018 Lent Sermon Series: Reel Spirituality - Faith and Film. The Reverend Rosemary Morton, Minor Canon and Succentor, explores the film 'Paddington' directed by Paul King (2014) and the ways in which it might open up our understanding of God, the world and the life of faith. Sermon recorded at Evensong on Sunday 25 March 2018.
Mar 26, 2018•11 min
Part of the 2018 Lent Sermon Series: Reel Spirituality - Faith and Film. The Reverend Canon Mark Oakley, Canon Chancellor, explores the film 'Life is Beautiful' directed by Roberto Benigni (1997) and the ways in which it might open up our understanding of God, the world and the life of faith. Sermon recorded at Evensong on Sunday 18 March 2018.
Mar 20, 2018•13 min
Is Christ on the cross our brother in suffering or our King in triumph? Jesus’ death is at the heart of Christianity, but the four Gospel accounts are very different and the cross has been seen as both the throne of God’s glory and the place of ultimate desolation and defeat. In addition we have 2,000 years of interpretations, paintings, poems, theologies and liturgies that add to the complexity, and sometimes to the confusion. Paula Gooder and Mark Oakley will look at different aspects of the c...
Mar 15, 2018•1 hr 28 min
Part of the 2018 Lent Sermon Series: Reel Spirituality - Faith and Film. The Reverend Canon Michael Hampel, Precentor, explores the film 'The Dresser' directed by Peter Yates (1983) and the ways in which it might open up our understanding of God, the world and the life of faith. Sermon recorded at Evensong on Sunday 11 March 2018.
Mar 12, 2018•13 min
The Psalms are a unique treasury of spiritual insights, central to both Jewish and Christian devotional life. They were also Jesus’ own prayer book, and are full of themes and experiences which fitted and illuminate his life and story, as they do ours. But they move from exquisite beauty and praise to despair and even vitriolic anger, and need wise interpretation. Megan Daffern describes them as Songs of the Spirit; timeless, making connections between past and present, and allowing us to come c...
Mar 06, 2018•39 min
Part of the 2018 Lent Sermon Series: Reel Spirituality - Faith and Film. The Reverend James Milne, Minor Canon and Sacrist, explores the film 'The Shawshank Redemption' directed by Frank Darabont (1994) and the ways in which it might open up our understanding of God, the world and the life of faith. Sermon recorded at Evensong on Sunday 4 March 2018.
Mar 05, 2018•11 min
A conversation in which Andrew Carwood, Director of Music, and Canon Mark Oakley, Chancellor, discuss Bach’s St Matthew Passion. The conversation refers to two upcoming events - a reflective day about Bach’s St Matthew Passion taking place on 17 March and a performance of Bach’s St Matthew Passion taking place at the Cathedral on 21 March. Bach's intense masterpiece narrates the events leading to the crucifixion of Christ and will be sung by St Paul's Cathedral Choir and Chorus, with the City of...
Mar 01, 2018•21 min
Part of the 2018 Lent Sermon Series: Reel Spirituality - Faith and Film. The Reverend Canon Jonathan Brewster, Canon Treasurer, explores the film 'Lion' directed by Garth Davis (2016) and the ways in which it might open up our understanding of God, the world and the life of faith. Sermon recorded at Evensong on Sunday 25 February 2018.
Feb 26, 2018•10 min
Part of the 2018 Lent Sermon Series: Reel Spirituality - Faith and Film. The Reverend Canon Tricia Hillas, Canon Pastor, explores the film 'Silence' directed by Martin Scorsese (2016) and the ways in which it might open up our understanding of God, the world and the life of faith. Sermon recorded at Evensong on Sunday 18 February 2018.
Feb 21, 2018•15 min
Sermon from the Ash Wednesday Sung Eucharist with the Imposition of the Ashes by Canon Mark Oakley. Recorded Wednesday 14 February 2018.
Feb 21, 2018•11 min
Recording of Session 2 - Please note that this podcast has been edited to remove some inaudible audience questions. Around the year 30 AD, in an insignificant province of the Roman Empire, a Jewish prophet, teacher and healer met with a shameful and brutal end on a Roman cross. 2,000 years later, this obscure figure has over two billion followers and is acknowledged as the most influential person ever to have walked the earth. As people of faith, we know Jesus through the Gospels. But scholarly ...
Feb 20, 2018•45 min
Recording of Session 1 - Please note that this podcast has been edited to remove some inaudible audience questions. Around the year 30 AD, in an insignificant province of the Roman Empire, a Jewish prophet, teacher and healer met with a shameful and brutal end on a Roman cross. 2,000 years later, this obscure figure has over two billion followers and is acknowledged as the most influential person ever to have walked the earth. As people of faith, we know Jesus through the Gospels. But scholarly ...
Feb 20, 2018•53 min
Why do pilgrims walk so much? What do they learn? And does it do them any lasting good? Sally Welch has been going on pilgrimage for over 20 years and her new book is a guide to the art and practice of pilgrimage through some of the most beautiful and ancient pilgrim routes in the UK and abroad. She will share her experiences and some of what she has learnt about how to go on pilgrimage well including what it has taught her about, among other things, trust, travelling lightly and the joys of com...
Feb 06, 2018•57 min
Sermon from Sung Eucharist on Friday 2 February 2018, The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas), by the Reverend Canon Mark Oakley.
Feb 05, 2018•10 min
The Place Mothers Call Home by Tice Cin - the sixth and final in a series of new poetry for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. For each Sunday from Advent 2017 to Epiphany 2018, six exciting young poetic voices and one emerging digital artist reimagine the story of Christmas. Taking the Biblical text as a starting point, they each retell a story that is both personal and universal, layering it with meaning and peppering it with insight. They bring to life the humans behind a familiar narrative, and...
Jan 08, 2018•3 min
The Very Revd Dr David Ison, Dean of St Paul's Cathedral, gives us a message on Christmas Eve reflecting on the words 'we love because he first loved us'. Recorded 24 December 2017.
Jan 04, 2018•3 min
Wings and Tings by Kareem Parker Brown - the fifth in a series of new poetry for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. For each Sunday from Advent 2017 to Epiphany 2018, six exciting young poetic voices and one emerging digital artist reimagine the story of Christmas. Taking the Biblical text as a starting point, they each retell a story that is both personal and universal, layering it with meaning and peppering it with insight. They bring to life the humans behind a familiar narrative, and enable us ...
Jan 04, 2018•2 min
Unmuted Word by Sarah Lasoye - the fourth in a series of new poetry for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. For each Sunday from Advent 2017 to Epiphany 2018, six exciting young poetic voices and one emerging digital artist reimagine the story of Christmas. Taking the Biblical text as a starting point, they each retell a story that is both personal and universal, layering it with meaning and peppering it with insight. They bring to life the humans behind a familiar narrative, and enable us to see th...
Jan 04, 2018•4 min
To Bethlehem the town of David by Jeremiah Brown. The third in a series of new poetry for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. For each Sunday from Advent 2017 to Epiphany 2018, six exciting young poetic voices and one emerging digital artist reimagine the story of Christmas. Taking the Biblical text as a starting point, they each retell a story that is both personal and universal, layering it with meaning and peppering it with insight. They bring to life the humans behind a familiar narrative, and e...
Dec 18, 2017•2 min
The Visitation by Ankita Saxena. The second in a series of new poetry for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. For each Sunday from Advent 2017 to Epiphany 2018, six exciting young poetic voices and one emerging digital artist reimagine the story of Christmas. Taking the Biblical text as a starting point, they each retell a story that is both personal and universal, layering it with meaning and peppering it with insight. They bring to life the humans behind a familiar narrative, and enable us to see ...
Dec 12, 2017•4 min
Doorway by Antosh Wojcik. The first in a series of new poetry for Advent, Christmas and Epiphany. For each Sunday from Advent 2017 to Epiphany 2018, six exciting young poetic voices and one emerging digital artist reimagine the story of Christmas. Taking the Biblical text as a starting point, they each retell a story that is both personal and universal, layering it with meaning and peppering it with insight. They bring to life the humans behind a familiar narrative, and enable us to see them, an...
Dec 12, 2017•2 min
Advent is the season of waiting and contemplation, when we prepare for the joyful coming of Christ at Christmas. But waiting is not always chosen or joyful, and can bring times of great spiritual testing – through illness, old age, or the struggles and frustrations of everyday life. Margaret Whipp will explore the challenges of life’s waiting times and the skills they demand, drawing on vivid metaphors of wine-making, wilderness, winter and the womb, and how the paradoxical grace of patience can...
Dec 05, 2017•1 hr
