Tag Archives: beauty

Waiting Patiently for Harvest: Sermon Preached on 16th June 2024 (Third Sunday after Trinity)

Preached at St Peter’s, Poulshot and St Mary’s, Potterne Readings – 2 Corinthians 5. 6-10, 14-17; Mark 4. 26-34 “The earth produces of itself, first the stalk, then the head, then the full grain in the head.” On Monday evening … Continue reading

Posted in sermon | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

November Churches…

November churches in Wiltshire, great and small… Salisbury Cathedral and St Peter’s, Poulshot. Continue reading

Posted in A Clergyman's Diary, Photography | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

The Bright Field: Sermon Preached on 30th July 2023 (8th Sunday After Trinity)

Moments of transcendence are divine caresses of our souls, intimations of life in heaven. Continue reading

Posted in sermon | Tagged , , , | 1 Comment

The Glory to be Revealed: Sermon Preached on 23nd July 2023 (7th Sunday After Trinity)

The beauty of nature and art can overwhelm us: does this indicate we’re made for more than this world? Continue reading

Posted in sermon | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Transcendence Amid Our Troubles: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 28th August 2022 (The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity)

I can hardly bear to listen to the news. Allowing ourselves to be touched by eternity refreshes us to deal with our mundane problems. Continue reading

Posted in sermon | Tagged , | Comments Off on Transcendence Amid Our Troubles: Sermon Preached at St John’s, Devizes, Sunday 28th August 2022 (The Eleventh Sunday after Trinity)

View from Yerevan in The Tablet

It’s good to be in print in this week’s The Tablet (11 August 2022 edition) with a “View from Yerevan” – a piece about beautiful town planning, the revival and the absence of churches, losing a war, refugees from far … Continue reading

Posted in Global, history, Journalism, World Politics | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on View from Yerevan in The Tablet

A Clergyman’s Diary: Photos of Jersey

Six beautiful photos of the sunny isle of Jersey – and links to find even more of them! Continue reading

Posted in Photography, Travel | Tagged , , , | Comments Off on A Clergyman’s Diary: Photos of Jersey

Rt Rev’d Christopher Herbert Sermon on Beauty

Christopher Herbert: “Surrounded as we are by buildings, textiles, hymns, poetry, and music of soaring beauty, our words about God have become drained, empty, and ploddingly banal.” Continue reading

Posted in sermon | Tagged , , | Comments Off on Rt Rev’d Christopher Herbert Sermon on Beauty