Graham Kings copublished with The Guardian, 18 July 2011 On the streets of Juba, jubilation rang out the night before Independence Day. There were shouts of joy, women ululating, car horns blaring, drums beating, flames fired from aerosols, freedom chants, waving of arms, dancing, and praising of soldiers. This massive street party started on Friday from about … Continue Reading
an edited version of a sermon preached at the leavers’ service, Trinity College, Bristol, 4 June 2011 also published in Church of England Newspaper, 8th July 2011 Introduction In Alan Bennett’s play, Forty Years On (1968), there is an intriguing dialogue between Lady Dundown and her butler: Lady Dundown: I see the Dean of Windsor … Continue Reading
Fulcrum Newsletter, June 2011 Moral Journalism by Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne the Richard Johnson annual sermon preached at St Bride’s Church, Fleet Street, London Tuesday, 7 June 2011 for the Worshipful Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers an edited version of this piece is published at Faith Central at Times Online and in the … Continue Reading
Sermon preached at the Maundy Thursday Chrism Eucharist Salisbury Cathedral, 21 April 2011 At this Eucharist, where thanksgiving is central, I would like to begin with thanks. Thanks for your prayers for me and the senior staff during this vacancy. It has been an extraordinary learning experience. Thanks to God for guiding all involved in … Continue Reading
republished, with permission, from the International Bulletin of Missionary Research, April 1999, Vol 23 No 2 Who is this seated Indian so serene and calm? What is he reading, with concentrated meditation, that is so evidently precious? What are those books and bottles in the background? Why was he celebrated with such a commissioned portrait? … Continue Reading
Fulcrum Response to the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission Agreed Statement Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ by Graham Kings vicar of St Mary Islington and theological secretary of Fulcrum Originally published by Fulcrum in May 2005 We welcome the irenic, ecumenical theological tradition of the discussions and some constructive clarifications which may point to ways … Continue Reading
The Nativity Protection and Promise Mary was led out of Nazareth, for her protection from prying eyes, as her waist grew, to stay with Elizabeth for promise fulfilment and peaceful pondering. Mary was led out of Nazareth, for her protection from flying stones, as the day drew near, to travel with Joseph for Bethlehem’s promise … Continue Reading
A Momentous Day for Sudan on 9 January 2011 Fulcrum Newsletter December 2010 copublished, with permission, with Comment is free belief, The Guardian, 23 December 2010 by Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne Is “the writing on the wall” for the whole of Sudan? The referendum, by the people of Southern Sudan, which is due to … Continue Reading
BBC Interview on the General Synod Vote on the Anglican Communion Covenant Transcript of BBC Radio 4 Sunday Programme interview 28 November 2010 with Graham Kings, Bishop of Sherborne interviewed by William Crawley The information on the programme is here. An Anglican Mainstream transcript of the interview with Bishop Martyn Minns, earlier in the programme, … Continue Reading
co-published, with permission, with Comment is free belief, Guardian online, 17 November 2010 ‘Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold’ is a celebrated line in W.B. Yeats’s poem ‘The Second Coming’ (1920). How that relates to the Church of England and the tensions in the wider Anglican Communion, 90 years later, we shall witness next … Continue Reading