Monthly Archives: July 2011

Reading Luke 5.1-11 Preacher Canon Robert Titley The events on the lake in Norway are a grotesque inversion of the gospel. In the reading from Luke, Jesus provokes fear, but then he reassures the disciples and inspires them to follow … Continue reading →

Readings 1 Kings 3.5-12, Matthew 13.31-33,44-52 Preacher Canon Robert Titley There have been many things to take in, these last five days, from the calling to account of the Murdoch empire to the dreadful arithmetic of death: thousands in East … Continue reading →

Preacher Canon Robert Titley Readings Zephaniah 3.14–end, Mark 15.40-16.7 There was a cartoon in the Daily Telegraph late last week which showed a News International employee arriving back at work from his holidays: ‘I’ve been away for a fortnight. Anything … Continue reading →

Preacher The Revd Anna Macham – Succentor, Southwark Cathedral & Chaplain, Guy’s Campus, King’s College London Readings 2 Corinthians 5.14-17; John 20.1-2, 11-18 What a shocking reading that is.  Who would have thought that the message of the resurrection from … Continue reading →

Reading Luke 19.41-20.08 Preacher Canon Robert Titley As Jesus came near and saw the city, he wept over it, saying, ‘If you, even you, had only recognized on this day the things that make for peace!’  Jesus’ lament over the … Continue reading →

Reading Matthew 13.1-9,18-23 Preacher Canon Robert Titley Halfway through this year  to mark the 400th anniversary of the King James Bible, today we have a biblical bonanza. First, an opportunity to sample the excellent Bible Reading Fellowship study notes [see the … Continue reading →

St Thomas the Apostle St Mary Magdalene, Evensong  Reading 1 Peter 1.3-12 Preacher canon Robert Titley  ‘Without having seen him you love him.’ Those words from our second reading sound like an implied rebuke to tonight’s hero, St Thomasthe Apostle. … Continue reading →

All Age Eucharist for St Thomas the Apostle First Communion of Edward Driver, Francesca King & James Rushby   Reading John 20.27-29 Preacher Canon Robert Titley  Do you believe me when I say, ‘There is an animal in this church’? … Continue reading →

Thomas is my middle name – not after the Apostle, but after my maternal grandfather, whom I never knew, because he died ten months before I was born.  Mind you, I do feel something of an affinity with the Apostle, … Continue reading →

I started wearing glasses at two and a half, long before the days of designer spectacles or contact lenses. Many of you will remember those very attractive – not! – NHS round lenses, with frames in the most peculiar colours.  My left … Continue reading →