Sermon preached at Chrism Eucharist 2011, Salisbury Cathedral

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

Women at the Cross

Women at the Cross by Elaine Storkey Reading: Mark 15 25-41; Luke 23 50-56 There were many bystanders at the public execution on that first Good Friday. Some came for the experience; the spectacle of human torture and death is magnetic for those with an appetite for cruelty. Others came because it was their job. They were … Continue Reading

Jesus Calls Us To His Table

Jesus Calls Us To His Table by Andrew Goddard Jesus calls us to his table as he did before he died; called his friends so frail and faithless, one betrayed and one denied. Son of God yet friend of sinners, breaking bread and sharing wine: tokens of your costly passion, signs and seals of love … Continue Reading

The Nativity: Protection and Promise

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

Law, Liturgy, Wisdom: An Introduction to Richard Hooker

Law, Liturgy, Wisdom By Benjamin Guyer Co-published with Covenant Richard Hooker is oftentimes described as the founding figure of the Anglican tradition. This is, however well intentioned, a half-truth. It is certainly true that Hooker’s great, unfinished theological work, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiasticall Politie (hereafter, Laws), was a key text in Anglican arguments against Puritanism. … Continue Reading

A Prior Meeting by Graham Kings

A Prior Meeting by Graham Kings “Solvitur ambulando” around the ‘cloister’ meadow of Grey Friars, Canterbury. Five days in Bec, Normandy, now, beckoned and called, four days, silent, in Canterbury. Cassock forgotten, now vested from the vestry, a gift, it turns out, from Bec. “Something-than-which- nothing-greater-can-be-conceived” is God. Quite a thought from Anselm, a Prior … Continue Reading