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Preached by Canon Roland Riem, using Acts 18.1-16, at Mattins on Sunday 28th August 2011, the tenth Sunday after Trinity. Consider this: a young child in the kitchen helping with the baking. Little Johnny approaches the table to pull something down from it. ‘Don’t do that, Johnny. You’ll get flour all over the floor’ says Mum; or, ‘Don’t do that; [...]
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Preached by Canon Michael St.John-Channell, using Matthew 16.13-20, at Sung Eucharist on Sunday 21st August 2011, the ninth Sunday after Trinity. The TV series “Who do you think you are?” has, for several years, provided fascinating viewing. Some of the truths of people’s families have proved painful, even shocking. Failures, broken relationships, abandonment, crime; it is all there for everyone to pick [...]
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Preached by Canon Michael St.John-Channell, using 2 Kings 6.8-23, at Mattins on Sunday 21st August 2011, the ninth Sunday after Trinity. Following every major national incident, public opinion progresses from one stage to another. First the inevitable shock and sense of bewilderment, then anger and disgust, then perhaps a sense of sadness, questions about causes and arguments about blame. How are [...]
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Preached by the Revd Ann Keating, using Scripture Matthew 15.21-28, at Sung Eucharist on Sunday 14th August 2011, the eighth Sunday after Trinity. A little boy forgot his lines in a Sunday School play but his mother was in the front row to prompt him. She gestured and formed the words silently with her lips, but it didn’t help. Her [...]
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Preached by the Reverend Lionel Stock, using 1Kings 11:41 – 12:20, Acts 14:8-20, at Mattins on Sunday 7th August 2011, the seventh Sunday after Trinity. France is a dangerous place. Take my word for it. We were there three months ago, and, attempting to stand up after having opened the freezer drawer, I found myself lying on the floor, in agony. [...]
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Preached by Canon Richard Lindley, using Luke 9.28-36, at Eucharist on Sunday 7th August 2011, the seventh Sunday after Trinity. The most efficient way to get about Winchester for those who are able is by bike. All the way door to-door, no parking problems, practically free, and some exercise to boot. It’s a pity the County Council doesn’t take [...]
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Howells, The Winchester Service – and other late works features some of the lesser known later works of Herbert Howells (1892-1983), who was one of the most prolific English composers of sacred choral music in the twentieth century. The disc includes the Winchester setting of the Evening canticles, which was written for the Cathedral Choir [...]