Sermon Archive
Below is a selection of sermons from recent months. Click on a sermon title to view the full sermon.
- 12th May 2013
- Perfected Prayer (David Kennedy)
- 9th May 2013
- Ascension Day (Rosalind Brown)
- 5th May 2013
- In a garden (Rogation) (David Kennedy)
- Love is His Meaning (Michael Sadgrove)
- 4th May 2013
- College of St Hild and St Bede College Day Service (Awaiting Appointment)
- 28th April 2013
- A dynamic Church or a static Church? (David Kennedy)
- 21st April 2013
- Easter and Joy (Stephen Cherry)
- 14th April 2013
- What does it mean to be converted? (Rosalind Brown)
- 8th April 2013
- Annunciation – let there be light (David Kennedy)
- 31st March 2013
- White Easter (Michael Sadgrove)
- 28th March 2013
- A liturgy that leads us into silence. (David Kennedy)
- 24th March 2013
- Jerusalem, Jerusalem, return unto the Lord your God (Rosalind Brown)
- 23rd March 2013
- St Cuthbert and the Good Shepherd (Rosalind Brown)
- 17th March 2013
- Anointing Jesus' Feel (Michael Sadgrove)
- The Wilderness (Michael Sadgrove)
- Josiah and Judas (Rosalind Brown)
- 24th February 2013
- Dust to glory (David Kennedy)
- 10th February 2013
- Going Slow (Michael Sadgrove)
- Transfigured suffering (David Kennedy)
- 9th February 2013
- Durham County Council Thanksgiving for the Olympics (David Kennedy)
- 3rd February 2013
- Creation – a magnificent narrative (David Kennedy)
- 2nd February 2013
- Candlemas (Rosalind Brown)
- 27th January 2013
- Leading the life to which God has called us (Rosalind Brown)
- 20th January 2013
- The Call to Eli (Rosalind Brown)
- ‘A Better Booze–Up’ (Stephen Cherry)
- 13th January 2013
- The greatest day of our life (David Kennedy)
- 6th January 2013
- A Gift is a Gift is a Gift. (Stephen Cherry)
- 30th December 2012
- December turned to May (David Kennedy)
- 25th December 2012
- Going to Bethlehem (Michael Sadgrove)
- 23rd December 2012
- Look at the trees (David Kennedy)
- 16th December 2012
- An Advent collect of John Cosin (David Kennedy)
- A Strange Ritual (David Kennedy)
- 6th December 2012
- Advent Meditation: 'People, look east.' (David Kennedy)
- 2nd December 2012
- THE WINEPRESS OF THE WRATH OF GOD (Michael Sadgrove)
- 25th November 2012
- Reflections on Christ the King Sunday after the vote on Women in the Episcopate (Rosalind Brown)
- Commemoration of Founders and Benefactors (Dr Henry Dyson)
- 18th November 2012
- Matins on Sunday 18 November by Canon Jim Francis (Jim Francis)
- Cathedral, University, Prison (Stephen Cherry)
- 11th November 2012
- The Sacrifice of Remembrance (Stephen Cherry)
- 4th November 2012
- A well-tuned heart (Rosalind Brown)
- Open Door – Open Mind – Open Heart – Open Treasure (Stephen Cherry)
- 2nd November 2012
- All Souls’ Day: a paracletic liturgy (David Kennedy)
- 28th October 2012
- The passionate love of God (St Simon and St Jude) (Rosalind Brown)
- 18th October 2012
- Funeral of Mr Ian Curry: Tribute by Mr Christopher Downs; Address by Canon David Kennedy (David Kennedy)
- 14th October 2012
- Prosper the work of our hands’ (David Kennedy)
- 30th September 2012
- WHO IS LIKE GOD? (Michael Sadgrove)
- Superstar, Salt and Martini (Stephen Cherry)
- 23rd September 2012
- AT A BAPTISM (Michael Sadgrove)
- 16th September 2012
- A person who makes a difference (a sermon for the choristers) (Rosalind Brown)
- 2nd September 2012
- Who Said Anything About Safe? A Tale of Two Cathedrals: Durham and Coventry (Stephen Cherry)
- 26th August 2012
- “Choose this day” (Ian Jagger)
- 21st August 2012
- Sermon for Dr Ruth Etchells (David Kennedy)
- 19th August 2012
- Humble Access (David Kennedy)
- 15th August 2012
- Mary: turning the world upside down (Rosalind Brown)
- 12th August 2012
- The Book of Nature and the Book of Scripture (Rosalind Brown)
- 11th August 2012
- FOR STEPHEN AND JOY SYKES (Michael Sadgrove)
- 5th August 2012
- St Oswald and overcoming the world (David Kennedy)
- St Oswald, King and Martyr (Rosalind Brown)
- 29th July 2012
- God is LIght (David Kennedy)
- 22nd July 2012
- She couldn’t see for tears (David Kennedy)
- 14th July 2012
- Miners' Festival Service (The Lord Griffiths of Burry Port)
- 8th July 2012
- Heaven – or a Haven? (Stephen Cherry)
- 24th June 2012
- Run the race set before you (the Birth of John the Baptist) (Canon Alec Harding)
- Becoming strong in spirit (the Birth of John the Baptist) (Rosalind Brown)
- 17th June 2012
- ‘Seek the welfare of the city’ (Mayor’s Evensong). (David Kennedy)
- 10th June 2012
- ‘Ask for the ancient paths’ (David Kennedy)
- 7th June 2012
- Corpus Christi (Michael Sadgrove)
- 3rd June 2012
- Transforming Spirit (David Kennedy)
- 28th May 2012
- At Pentecost (Michael Sadgrove)
- 20th May 2012
- The moment has come. (Tom McLeish)
- THIS THING OF DARKNESS I ACKNOWLEDGE MINE (Michael Sadgrove)
- 13th May 2012
- Easter, Evangelism and Ecology (Stephen Cherry)
- 6th May 2012
- NOW VOYAGER (Michael Sadgrove)
- It’s the fruits that count - but it’s the roots that matter. (Stephen Cherry)
- 29th April 2012
- Reverence for Life (Douglas J. Davies)
- Following the Good Shepherd (Rosalind Brown)
- 22nd April 2012
- Faithfulness commended, Lovelessness condemned (Mark Tanner)
- 15th April 2012
- But if… (Rosalind Brown)
- 8th April 2012
- Easter Vigil (Justin Welby)
- Fiat Lux. (David Kennedy)
- WHO WILL ROLL AWAY THE STONE? (Michael Sadgrove)
- 6th April 2012
- Good Friday (Michael Turnbull)
- 5th April 2012
- The Chrism Eucharist: who am I? (Justin Welby)
- Maundy Thursday: Judas (Michael Turnbull)
- 4th April 2012
- Holy Week address: The two men crucified with Jesus (Michael Turnbull)
- 3rd April 2012
- Holy Week address: Peter (Michael Turnbull)
- 2nd April 2012
- Holy Week address: Mary Magdalene (Michael Turnbull)
- 1st April 2012
- The Passion of our Lord. Act One, Scene One. (Rosalind Brown)
- 25th March 2012
- The Annunciation (Michael Sadgrove)
- The Colour of Good News (Stephen Cherry)
- Overcoming the guards (Ian Jagger)
- 18th March 2012
- Mumbling, grumbling and loving (Rosalind Brown)
- 17th March 2012
- St Cuthbert-tide Eucharist (David Kennedy)
- 11th March 2012
- ‘The Temple comes to the Temple’. (David Kennedy)
- ‘The Temple comes to the Temple’. (David Kennedy)
- 3rd March 2012
- For St Chad's College Day (Michael Sadgrove)
- 1st March 2012
- Funeral of Alan Piper (preached at St Oswald’s Church) (Michael Sadgrove)
- 25th February 2012
- Becoming wise (Rosalind Brown)
- 19th February 2012
- What are you doing here? (Rosalind Brown)
- 12th February 2012
- Jesus the storm bringer. (Kate Bruce)
- DIAMOND JUBILEE (Michael Sadgrove)
- 2nd February 2012
- ‘Seeing the invisible’ (David Kennedy)
- 29th January 2012
- St Paul’s conversion (David Kennedy)
- 21st January 2012
- Visible Grace (David Kennedy)
- 15th January 2012
- John Cosin: Beauty of Holiness and Social Conscience (Michael Sadgrove)
- 8th January 2012
- ‘God’s Unfrozen People’ (Stephen Cherry)
- Joan of Arc 1412 - 2012 (Michael Sadgrove)
- 6th January 2012
- On Making a Long Journey (Rosalind Brown)
- 1st January 2012
- Choices (Ian Jagger)
- The name that brings salvation (David Kennedy)
- 25th December 2011
- The unassumed is the unhealed (David Kennedy)
- 24th December 2011
- CHRISTMAS EVE AT MIDNIGHT (Michael Sadgrove)
- 18th December 2011
- At the Blessing of the Crib (Michael Sadgrove)
- In the hands of dreams come true (Rosalind Brown)
- 11th December 2011
- An ark for Christmas (Ian Jagger)
- 'Listening Expectantly' (The Reverend Doctor Anthony Bash)
- Foreboding and faith (Michael Sadgrove)
- Light up a Life (Michael Sadgrove)
- 4th December 2011
- The Micaiah-Factor (Stephen Cherry)
- Chemotherapy for the Spirit (Stephen Cherry)
- 1st December 2011
- AN ADVENT MEDITATION at Compline (Michael Sadgrove)
- 27th November 2011
- Advent Resonances (David Kennedy)
- 26th November 2011
- Enthronement of the Bishop of Durham (Justin Welby)
- 20th November 2011
- Founders and Benefactors 2011 (Keith Jones)
- Enthronements (David Kennedy)
- 6th November 2011
- Remembering and anticipating: Durham World Heritage Site 25th Anniversary. (Rosalind Brown)
- 30th October 2011
- Faith -Raising Not Fund -Raising (Alistair Jenkins)
- It’s Good to Give (Stephen Cherry)
- 23rd October 2011
- We Need to Talk About Dying (Stephen Cherry)
- 16th October 2011
- Faith, hope, love (David Kennedy)
- 9/11 TEN YEARS ON (Michael Sadgrove)
- 2nd October 2011
- The Spirit of St Francis (Stephen Cherry)
- Enduring mercy (David Kennedy)
- The Spirit of St Francis (Stephen Cherry)
- 25th September 2011
- The mind that was in Christ Jesus (David Kennedy)
- 11th September 2011
- The Centurion (Rosalind Brown)
- 4th September 2011
- Genuine communication (David Sudron)
- 28th August 2011
- Taking up our cross and following Jesus: Aidan’s example (Rosalind Brown)
- Elishas’s lepers (2Kgs 7) (Ian Jagger)
- 21st August 2011
- ‘A living sacrifice’ (David Kennedy)
- 15th August 2011
- Mary’s contemplation (David Kennedy)
- 14th August 2011
- After the Riots (Stephen Cherry)
- 7th August 2011
- ‘Made By Mistake’ (Stephen Cherry)
- 31st July 2011
- The arrival of the Queen of Sheba (Rosalind Brown)
- "You give them something to eat". (David Sudron)
- 28th July 2011
- Putting yourself into their shoes (Mark Bryant)
- 25th July 2011
- Behind the scenes of building projects (Rosalind Brown)
- 24th July 2011
- ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is Like…’ (Stephen Cherry)
- 17th July 2011
- The wisdom of Solomon, at the end of the choir year (Rosalind Brown)
- 16th July 2011
- Don't stop singing (Michael Sadgrove)
- 10th July 2011
- THE IDEA OF NORTH (Michael Sadgrove)
- 26th June 2011
- In Service (Ian Jagger)
- 19th June 2011
- Grace, love, communion (David Kennedy)
- 12th June 2011
- WHEN GOD GETS OUT OF BED (Mark Bryant)
- 8th June 2011
- THE CIVIC SERVICE 2011 (Michael Sadgrove)
- 5th June 2011
- WELCOME AT THE CIVIC SERVICE (Michael Sadgrove)
- 2nd June 2011
- A HUMBLE ASCENSION (Michael Sadgrove)
- 29th May 2011
- The wonder of creation (Rosalind Brown)
- 24th May 2011
- The Venerable Bede and the company he keeps. (Rosalind Brown)
- 22nd May 2011
- Walking Backwards (Stephen Cherry)
- Walking Backwards (Stephen Cherry)
- GODRIC (Michael Sadgrove)
- 18th May 2011
- INSTALLATION OF THE NEW HEADMISTRESS (Michael Sadgrove)
- 15th May 2011
- AT THE GRAVE AND GATE OF DEATH (Michael Sadgrove)
- The Last Enemy (David Kennedy)
- 8th May 2011
- By Break of Day (David Kennedy)
- 1st May 2011
- A Benedicite in Eastertide. (David Kennedy)
- 24th April 2011
- RISEN WITH CHRIST (Michael Sadgrove)
- 21st April 2011
- Renewal of Ordination Vows (Mark Bryant)
- 18th April 2011
- Introduction (David Stancliffe)
- Snakes and Ladders: Is the ladder only a dream? (David Stancliffe)
- Dancing the Labyrinth (David Stancliffe)
- The Broken Body (David Stancliffe)
- The Prints of Love (David Stancliffe)
- Hopscotch: the true Temple (David Stancliffe)
- 16th April 2011
- 80th Birthday celebration for Dr Ruth Etchells (David Kennedy)
- 10th April 2011
- I believe in the resurrection of the dead (Rosalind Brown)
- What do you want me to do for you? (Rosalind Brown)
- 3rd April 2011
- ‘Journey into faith’ (David Kennedy)
- 27th March 2011
- On Census Day (Rosalind Brown)
- 20th March 2011
- No Shame At All (Stephen Cherry)
- 19th March 2011
- ST CUTHBERT’S DAY AT HEXHAM (Michael Sadgrove)
- 13th March 2011
- When the choir disappears in the distance... (Rosalind Brown)
- He told them only of the good. (David Sudron)
- 10th March 2011
- ‘Welcome, dear feast of Lent’ (David Kennedy)
- 9th March 2011
- Sin is Part of the Process (Stephen Cherry)
- 27th February 2011
- First performance of James McMillan’s Missa Dunelmi (Michael Sadgrove)
- Wisdom and delight (Rosalind Brown)
- 26th February 2011
- A SOCIAL NETWORK (Michael Sadgrove)
- 20th February 2011
- He has put down the mighty from their seat (Rosalind Brown)
- 13th February 2011
- ‘Awake, O sleeper’ (David Kennedy)
- We are the Body of Christ (Rosalind Brown)
- 5th February 2011
- O Lord, save the Queen (David Kennedy)
- 2nd February 2011
- Feast of Candlemas (Michael Sadgrove)
- 30th January 2011
- A ladder from heaven to earth. (David Kennedy)
- Middle Name ‘Hope’ (Stephen Cherry)
- 23rd January 2011
- Practical Unity (David Sudron)
- 16th January 2011
- "Behold the lamb of God" (David Kennedy)
- 9th January 2011
- “Likeness and the Jordan” (Ian Jagger)
- 2nd January 2011
- Making God known (David Kennedy)
- The Big Picture (Ian Jagger)
- 28th December 2010
- Denis and Valerie Trigg On Their Golden Wedding (Michael Sadgrove)
- 26th December 2010
- St Stephen's Day (Rosalind Brown)
- 25th December 2010
- Heaven and Earth (David Kennedy)
- OUR HOPE IS NOT ECLIPSED (Michael Sadgrove)
- 19th December 2010
- The Smell of Parsley (Stephen Cherry)
- 12th December 2010
- Passionate patience (David Kennedy)
- No celestial dictatorship, but righteousness and holiness (Rosalind Brown)
- 5th December 2010
- Questions in Advent (Rosalind Brown)
- 2nd December 2010
- Compline in Advent (Rosalind Brown)
- 29th November 2010
- Advent, Andrew and beautiful feet (David Kennedy)
- 21st November 2010
- Listening to the truth (David Kennedy)
- 17th November 2010
- THE HOLY CROSS (Michael Sadgrove)
- 14th November 2010
- AT SONKURAI (Michael Sadgrove)
- 8th November 2010
- Solomon's Wisdom Revisited (Michael Sadgrove)
- 2nd November 2010
- All Souls Day (Rosalind Brown)
- 31st October 2010
- Hallowing Hallowe’en (David Sudron)
- 24th October 2010
- Remembering the poor (David Kennedy)
- 10th October 2010
- What are human beings that you are mindful of them? (Rosalind Brown)
- 3rd October 2010
- Stop, look and listen (Rosalind Brown)
- In your light shall we see light (David Kennedy)
- 26th September 2010
- Transfiguration in Ordinary (Michael Sadgrove)
- Building for God's Glory (Rosalind Brown)
- 25th September 2010
- Transfiguration (John Andrew)
- 19th September 2010
- The wisdom of hindsight (Rosalind Brown)
- 14th September 2010
- Geoff Lodge RIP (Michael Sadgrove)
- 12th September 2010
- Loss Today (Stephen Cherry)
- 5th September 2010
- Concrete Holiness (David Sudron)
- 29th August 2010
- Your eyes will see the King in his beauty. (David Kennedy)
- 22nd August 2010
- Delight in the Lord (David Kennedy)
- 15th August 2010
- Blessed Virgin Mary (Stephen Cherry)
- The Blessed Virgin Mary (Rosalind Brown)
- 8th August 2010
- Paul's Authority in the Corinthian Correspondence (Stephen Cherry)
- Changing Attitudes (David Sudron)
- 1st August 2010
- Being Rich towards God (Ian Jagger)
- Joseph's Wager (Michael Sadgrove)
- 25th July 2010
- St James the Apostle (Rosalind Brown)
- 19th July 2010
- Commissioning of APAs (Mark Bryant)
- Hospitality (Mark Bryant)
- 18th July 2010
- The word of the Lord kept testing him (Rosalind Brown)
- On the Hill of the Lord (Michael Sadgrove)
- 10th July 2010
- The Hundredth-and-First Miners' Festival Service (James Woodward)
- 7th July 2010
- Geoffrey Moorhouse RIP (Michael Sadgrove)
- 3rd July 2010
- John the Baptist - in birth and death (David Kennedy)
- 24th June 2010
- GOD PUTS HIMSELF IN OUR SHOES (Mark Bryant)
- 20th June 2010
- The Gerasene demoniac and the bag lady (Rosalind Brown)
- 13th June 2010
- ARE WE A GOOD CITY? (Michael Sadgrove)
- David and Bathsheba (David Kennedy)
- 5th June 2010
- Noah, the enviroment and the sanctity of life. (David Kennedy)
- 24th May 2010
- The sacred spot of Jarrow (David Kennedy)
- 23rd May 2010
- A Large Room for Whitsun (Michael Sadgrove)
- 13th May 2010
- Ascension Day 2010 (Michael Sadgrove)
- The Mystery of the Ascension (David Sudron)
- 9th May 2010
- Commissioned as Discipling Disciples (Stephen Cherry)
- The Sunday morning after the political night before (Rosalind Brown)
- 8th May 2010
- Once upon a time...... (Mark Bryant)
- 2nd May 2010
- Cantate Domino (David Kennedy)
- How to Vote (and How to Pray) (Stephen Cherry)
- 25th April 2010
- Easter 4 (Ian Jagger)
- 18th April 2010
- Friends of Jesus (Michael Sadgrove)
- 11th April 2010
- St Thomas the Believer (David Sudron)
- 4th April 2010
- We live in a turbulent universe (Michael Sadgrove)
- 28th March 2010
- Not disappointed in our hope (Michael Sadgrove)
- 21st March 2010
- We sing the praise of him who died ... upon the cross (Rosalind Brown)
- Days of Awe (Michael Sadgrove)
- 19th March 2010
- Ministers of St Cuthbert (Michael Sadgrove)
- 7th March 2010
- Remind yourself that you are going to die (Rosalind Brown)
- 21st February 2010
- Living Gratefully (Rosalind Brown)
- 17th February 2010
- You are Dust (Stephen Cherry)
- 14th February 2010
- Transfigured Love (Michael Sadgrove)
- Transfiguration (David Kennedy)
- 7th February 2010
- Do not worry (David Kennedy)
- 31st January 2010
- Two Turtledoves (Stephen Cherry)
- 17th January 2010
- make known your heavenly glory (Ian Jagger)
- 6th January 2010
- Amahl and the night visitors (Michael Sadgrove)
- 27th December 2009
- Left Alone in the Aftermath (Rosalind Brown)
- 25th December 2009
- On Christmas Day (Michael Sadgrove)
- The Bishop of Jarrow's Christmas Sermon (Mark Bryant)
- 24th December 2009
- On Christmas Eve (Michael Sadgrove)
- 20th December 2009
- Magnificat (David Kennedy)
- The World's Last Night (Michael Sadgrove)
- 13th December 2009
- John the Baptist at Copenhagen (Ian Jagger)
- 10th December 2009
- Advent Compline Devotional Address (David Kennedy)
- 6th December 2009
- 'Doing God' In Advent (Rosalind Brown)
- 29th November 2009
- Wild Advent (Michael Sadgrove)
- 22nd November 2009
- The Voice of Truth and the Pilate Syndrome (Stephen Cherry)
- Global Warming (Lord Puttnam of Queensgate)
- Christ the King (Michael Sadgrove)
- 15th November 2009
- On Resentment (Stephen Cherry)
- On Forgiveness (Stephen Cherry)
- 8th November 2009
- Hard Work and Hobbies (David Sudron)
- 1st November 2009
- All Saints Day (Michael Sadgrove)
- Saints in Light (David Kennedy)
- 25th October 2009
- The veneer of respectability (David Sudron)
- 18th October 2009
- 'Only Luke is with me' (Rosalind Brown)
- 11th October 2009
- RICH, YOUNG AND POWERFUL (Michael Sadgrove)
- 4th October 2009
- The River Jordan (David Kennedy)
- As A Child (Stephen Cherry)
- 27th September 2009
- Back to Church Sunday (Ian Jagger)
- 20th September 2009
- Finding God's Presence (David Kennedy)
- 13th September 2009
- Words of cursing - or blessing? (David Sudron)
- 6th September 2009
- A Queasy Subject (Stephen Cherry)
- 30th August 2009
- Taizé and the Way of the Blessed (Stephen Cherry)
- Looking and acting (Rosalind Brown)
- 23rd August 2009
- The Armour of God (David Kennedy)
- So come, I will send you (Rosalind Brown)
- 16th August 2009
- Hospitality and Fear (Stephen Cherry)
- 15th August 2009
- The Means of Grace and the Hope of Glory (David Sudron)
- 9th August 2009
- The Humbling of Job (Stephen Cherry)
- 2nd August 2009
- St Oswald (Michael Sadgrove)
- Mining for Wisdom (Stephen Cherry)
- 26th July 2009
- Orientation, disorientation and reorientation (Rosalind Brown)
- ‘It is I; do not be afraid.' (David Sudron)
- 19th July 2009
- On singing 'Te Deum' (Rosalind Brown)
- Carry on Singing (Michael Sadgrove)
- 12th July 2009
- 'Full of the knowledge of the Lord (Matins for the Courts of Justice)' (Tom Wright)
- 5th July 2009
- Passing Through Time (Stephen Cherry)
- 30th June 2009
- Clergy Summer Gathering: Worship and Time: Then and Now (David Kennedy)
- 28th June 2009
- Ordination of Deacons (Robert Lawrance)
- 21st June 2009
- Don't you care? (Rosalind Brown)
- 14th June 2009
- Knowing our mortality (David Kennedy)
- 11th June 2009
- Speech on the Constitution by the Bishop of Durham in the House of Lords (Tom Wright)
- 7th June 2009
- Trinity and Environment (Ian Jagger)
- Visions of the glory of God (David Kennedy)
- The Trinity and Public Life (Michael Sadgrove)
- 6th June 2009
- Prayer and Parties (Michael Sadgrove)
- 31st May 2009
- The Golden Sequence (Michael Sadgrove)
- The Power of Heaven Let Loose on Earth (Tom Wright)
- 30th May 2009
- Unitary Authority Inaugural Service (Tom Wright)
- The Mutilated Mountain (Tom Wright)
- 24th May 2009
- In Praise of Bede (Michael Sadgrove)
- Transforming Spirit (David Kennedy)
- 21st May 2009
- The glory of the Ascension (preached at St Chad's College, in the University of Durham) (David Sudron)
- Absence and Presence (Michael Sadgrove)
- 17th May 2009
- Three Degrees (Michael Sadgrove)
- Rogation (Stephen Cherry)
- 15th May 2009
- Wake up! (Rosalind Brown)
- 3rd May 2009
- I am the Door (David Kennedy)
- 26th April 2009
- "Yes, but in this case it is true" (Rosalind Brown)
- Fidelity (Ian Jagger)
- 19th April 2009
- St Thomas the Believer (David Sudron)
- 12th April 2009
- Let Beauty Awake (Tom Wright)
- Easter Journey (Michael Sadgrove)
- 10th April 2009
- Lost Sons: Fifth Address - The Bound Son (Michael Sadgrove)
- 9th April 2009
- Chrism Eucharist: If I perish, I perish. (Tom Wright)
- Lost Sons: Fourth Address - The Betrayed Son (Michael Sadgrove)
- 8th April 2009
- Lost Sons: Third Address - The Supplanted Son (Michael Sadgrove)
- 7th April 2009
- Fathers and Lost Sons: Second Address - The Banished Son (Michael Sadgrove)
- 6th April 2009
- Lost Sons: First Address - The Murdered Son (Michael Sadgrove)
- 5th April 2009
- The Cross: a testimony (David Kennedy)
- 29th March 2009
- The Passion of Now (Stephen Cherry)
- Rivers run through it (Rosalind Brown)
- 25th March 2009
- In praise of Mary's virginity (David Sudron)
- 22nd March 2009
- Apartheid of the Mind (Stephen Cherry)
- 21st March 2009
- St Cuthbert (Rosalind Brown)
- 15th March 2009
- Bom Boys in Egypt (Michael Sadgrove)
- 11th March 2009
- Farewell to Durham City Council (Michael Sadgrove)
- 8th March 2009
- A holy fast (David Sudron)
- People of faith (David Kennedy)
- 1st March 2009
- Stories about being human (Rosalind Brown)
- The Lenten Sandwich (Ian Jagger)
- 22nd February 2009
- Transfiguration and Lent (Rosalind Brown)
- ‘STILL SMALL VOICE’ (Michael Sadgrove)
- 15th February 2009
- A helper to complement him. (David Sudron)
- 'God: In the Bath and On the Bus' (Stephen Cherry)
- 8th February 2009
- A Colony of Heaven (Michael Sadgrove)
- A Token Day in Mark (David Kennedy)
- 1st February 2009
- Be astounded! Be very astounded! (Rosalind Brown)
- ‘Speak, Lord, for your servant is listening’ 1 Samuel 3. 9 (Stephen Cherry)
- 29th January 2009
- Hope in the hapless and the haughty (David Sudron)
- 25th January 2009
- St Paul and Christian Unity (Rosalind Brown)
- St Paul: A Tribute (Michael Sadgrove)
- 18th January 2009
- Visions and realities (Rosalind Brown)
- Faltering but Faithful Œcumenism: Peter and Nathanael (David Sudron)
- 11th January 2009
- 10:05 and the Baptism of Christ (Stephen Cherry)
- Little Trespass : Big Guilt (Ian Jagger)
- 28th December 2008
- Holy Innocents’ Day (David Kennedy)
- 25th December 2008
- The Song of the Shepherds (Michael Sadgrove)
- Incarnation and Establishment (Tom Wright)
- 24th December 2008
- The Government Shall Be Upon His Shoulders (Tom Wright)
- 16th December 2008
- What do you call a new baby? (David Kennedy)
- 14th December 2008
- Values for Advent - Joy (Michael Sadgrove)
- ‘Graciousness’ (Ian Jagger)
- 7th December 2008
- Values for Advent - Contentment (Michael Sadgrove)
- The Day of God in 2 Peter (David Kennedy)
- 4th December 2008
- Advent Meditation and Compline (David Kennedy)
- 30th November 2008
- Values for Advent - Longing (Michael Sadgrove)
- The Advent Ticket (Ian Jagger)
- 23rd November 2008
- Christ the King (Ben de la Mare)
- Sacred Authority; Secular Responsibility (David Sudron)
- 16th November 2008
- On Prison Awareness Sunday (Michael Sadgrove)
- Billy Elliott Theology (Stephen Cherry)
- 9th November 2008
- We must remember (David Kennedy)
- Light up a Life 2008 (Michael Sadgrove)
- 2nd November 2008
- I know that my Redeemer liveth (David Kennedy)
- All Souls' Day (Michael Sadgrove)
- 26th October 2008
- The Law of Love (David Sudron)
- Some Aspects of Humility (Stephen Cherry)
- 19th October 2008
- Standing Up Against Poverty (Stephen Cherry)
- 12th October 2008
- Matthew's Wedding Feast (Ian Jagger)
- 50th Anniversary of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams (David Kennedy)
- 5th October 2008
- Gotcha! (Stephen Cherry)
- On Volvo Sunday (Michael Sadgrove)
- 28th September 2008
- Which of the two did the will of his father? (David Sudron)
- 27th September 2008
- A Welcome to Pilgrims (Michael Sadgrove)
- 21st September 2008
- Investment and Liberation (Stephen Cherry)
- 14th September 2008
- Holy Cross (Michael Sadgrove)
- 7th September 2008
- St Cuthbert of Durham (Michael Sadgrove)
- Cuthbert and Benedict (Rosalind Brown)
- 31st August 2008
- St Aidan (Rosalind Brown)
- In Honour of Aidan (Michael Sadgrove)
- 24th August 2008
- Following St Bartholomew's example (Rosalind Brown)
- An Apostle, a Church and a Community in Rome (David Kennedy)
- 17th August 2008
- Hospitality (Rosalind Brown)
- Shouting at Jesus (Stephen Cherry)
- 10th August 2008
- One Word of Truth (Stephen Cherry)
- 3rd August 2008
- Proclaiming the Glory of God (Suresh Kumar)
- Faithful Expressions of Church : The Feeding of the Five Thousand (David Sudron)
- 27th July 2008
- A LION HUNT (Michael Sadgrove)
- Angels in confined spaces (Rosalind Brown)
- 20th July 2008
- Any dream won’t do! (David Kennedy)
- 6th July 2008
- Jesus & Zacchaeus : The Church & The World (David Sudron)
- Come (Lambeth Conference) (Rosalind Brown)
- 22nd June 2008
- Evensong at Versailles (Michael Sadgrove)
- David (Rosalind Brown)
- Be a Pilgrim (Stephen Cherry)
- 15th June 2008
- Singing God's Song (Rosalind Brown)
- Chorister School Service (David Kennedy)
- 8th June 2008
- Suddenly (Rosalind Brown)
- Two Sermons on Friendship - David and Jonathan (Michael Sadgrove)
- 7th June 2008
- Friends’ Festival (Christopher Armstrong)
- 1st June 2008
- Two sermons on friendship - Ruth and Naomi (Michael Sadgrove)
- 25th May 2008
- Daystar and Dayspring (David Kennedy)
- 22nd May 2008
- “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?” (David Sudron)
- 19th May 2008
- Trinity Sunday (Rosalind Brown)
- 18th May 2008
- Holy, holy, holy (David Kennedy)
- 11th May 2008
- Whitsunday (Michael Sadgrove)
- 4th May 2008
- The Choral Offices of the Church (Michael Sadgrove)
- 1st May 2008
- Ascension Day, 17th Century Style (Michael Sadgrove)
- 27th April 2008
- Paul at Athens (Michael Sadgrove)
- 26th April 2008
- Restoring the Sacred Centre (Stephen Cherry)
- 20th April 2008
- Easter, death and life (Rosalind Brown)
- 13th April 2008
- Unbinding Death (David Kennedy)
- 1st April 2008
- Is not this the carpenter's son? (Peter Selby)
- 30th March 2008
- An abrupt gospel (Rosalind Brown)
- 29th March 2008
- Thomas the individual (Stephen Cherry)
- 23rd March 2008
- The Uncomfortable Truth of Easter (Tom Wright)
- Out of Egypt (Michael Sadgrove)
- Dreaming of a White Easter (Tom Wright)
- 20th March 2008
- God in Private and Public (Tom Wright)
- Lord, is it I? (David Kennedy)
- 16th March 2008
- The Humble Entry (Stephen Cherry)
- 10th March 2008
- Seeing Jesus (David Kennedy)
- 9th March 2008
- Lamentations (Rosalind Brown)
- 2nd March 2008
- Mustn’t Grumble (Stephen Cherry)
- Sons and Parents (Rosalind Brown)
- 24th February 2008
- Expectans expectavi (David Kennedy)
- Within singeing distance (Stephen Cherry)
- 21st February 2008
- Memorial Address for Phyllis Richardson (David Brown)
- 17th February 2008
- A Service to honour the Rifles (Michael Sadgrove)
- 11th February 2008
- Message from the Bishop of Durham (Tom Wright)
- 10th February 2008
- On not settling for knowledge alone (Rosalind Brown)
- 9th February 2008
- Worrying Prophecy, Wonderful Grace (Tom Wright)
- 3rd February 2008
- Transfiguration (Michael Sadgrove)
- A milestone (Ian Jagger)
- 2nd February 2008
- Deconstructing Temple Religion (Stephen Cherry)
- 27th January 2008
- Holocaust Memorial Day (Michael Sadgrove)
- Holocaust and obedience (Ian Jagger)
- 20th January 2008
- Our baptismal calling (Rosalind Brown)
- 13th January 2008
- Jesus' baptism and our baptism (David Kennedy)
- 6th January 2008
- We three kings of orient are? (Nils Chittenden)
- 30th December 2007
- Birth and Death at Christmas (Rosalind Brown)
- 25th December 2007
- Where shall a baby safely lay his head (Michael Sadgrove)
- 23rd December 2007
- Asked of the Lord (Michael Sadgrove)
- Tested by God's word and God's silence (Rosalind Brown)
- 16th December 2007
- Are you the one? (Ian Jagger)
- 9th December 2007
- Wanting Outward (Stephen Cherry)
- Showdown at Mount Carmel (David Kennedy)
- 5th December 2007
- Advent Compline (Rosalind Brown)
- 2nd December 2007
- Tearing open the heavens (David Kennedy)
- "Come, let us walk in the light of the Lord" (Rosalind Brown)
- 25th November 2007
- Commemoration of Founders and Benefactors (Lord Hurd of Westwell)
- Christ the King but no triumphalism. (David Kennedy)
- Christ the King (Rosalind Brown)
- 18th November 2007
- Daniel and the parable of the sower. (Rosalind Brown)
- 11th November 2007
- Light up a Life (Michael Sadgrove)
- Alive before God (Michael Sadgrove)
- Remembrance Sunday (David Kennedy)
- 4th November 2007
- A paracletic text: Revelation 7. 9-17 (David Kennedy)
- 1st November 2007
- All Saints Day (Rosalind Brown)
- 28th October 2007
- Planning: A Lost Cause? (Stephen Cherry)
- Simon and Jude: passionate discipleship (Rosalind Brown)
- 21st October 2007
- The Feast of Tabernacles (David Kennedy)
- On Not Losing Heart (Stephen Cherry)
- 14th October 2007
- Remember Jesus Christ (David Kennedy)
- 7th October 2007
- Believing Inspite of the Evidence (Caroline Dick)
- The Gift of Faith (David Kennedy)
- 30th September 2007
- Dogs, Angels and Riches (David Brown)
- Focusing on Mission (Stephen Cherry)
- 29th September 2007
- Michaelmas Music (Michael Sadgrove)
- 23rd September 2007
- Acting Collaboratively (Stephen Cherry)
- 16th September 2007
- Developing Leadership (Stephen Cherry)
- Installation of the Bishop of Jarrow (Mark Bryant)
- 9th September 2007
- To Serve (Michael Sadgrove)
- For the Durham University Alumni (Michael Sadgrove)
- On Attachment (Michael Sadgrove)
- 2nd September 2007
- Psalm 119 and St Benedict (David Kennedy)
- 26th August 2007
- Generous in giving (Rosalind Brown)
- 19th August 2007
- Panic or generosity? (Rosalind Brown)
- Learning Discipleship (Stephen Cherry)
- 15th August 2007
- The Real Mary (Stephen Cherry)
- 12th August 2007
- Visiting Time (Stephen Cherry)
- Walking by faith (Rosalind Brown)
- 5th August 2007
- Two Warriors (David Brown)
- Growing the Kingdom with Oswald (Stephen Cherry)
- 29th July 2007
- The Lord's Prayer (David Kennedy)
- 22nd July 2007
- Mary Magdalene (Michael Sadgrove)
- 14th July 2007
- Miners' Festival (David Kennedy)
- 8th July 2007
- Travelling lightly (Nils Chittenden)
- G. K. Chesterton and St John the Baptist (David Kennedy)
- 7th July 2007
- Wisdom and Love (Rosalind Brown)
- 18th June 2007
- "Farewell" to Jenny Hobbs (Nils Chittenden)
- 17th June 2007
- Joseph Butler (David Brown)
- Letting go in Love (Rosalind Brown)
- 12th June 2007
- For Thethis (Dr Henry Dyson)
- 11th June 2007
- The Divine passion (David Kennedy)
- 9th June 2007
- Friends Festival (Michael Sadgrove)
- 3rd June 2007
- Trinity Sunday 2007 (David Brown)
- The Athanasian Creed (David Kennedy)
- 1st June 2007
- Pilgrim Eucharist (Michael Sadgrove)
- 27th May 2007
- At Pentecost (Michael Sadgrove)
- Spirit of Truth (Tom Wright)
- 20th May 2007
- He Descended (Stephen Cherry)
- LAMA SABACHTHANI (Michael Sadgrove)
- 17th May 2007
- THREE WONDERS OF ASCENSION (Michael Sadgrove)
- 13th May 2007
- Thy Will Be Done (Stephen Cherry)
- Christian Aid Week (Michael Sadgrove)
- 29th April 2007
- Vocation (Michael Sadgrove)
- 22nd April 2007
- More than an Ending... (Stephen Cherry)
- 15th April 2007
- The Ultimate Bible Story (Stephen Cherry)
- The worship of John's Community (David Kennedy)
- 8th April 2007
- Jesus the Risen Judge - and Forgiver (Tom Wright)
- God's Future in Person (Tom Wright)
- The Dawn of Joy (Michael Sadgrove)
- 5th April 2007
- This is the night (David Kennedy)
- The Word of the Cross (Tom Wright)
- 1st April 2007
- Ride on! ride on in majesty! (Rosalind Brown)
- 25th March 2007
- Hospitality at Bethany (Rosalind Brown)
- 24th March 2007
- Slavery: Only Connect (John Pritchard)
- 18th March 2007
- The Feminine in the Story of the Prodigal Son (David Brown)
- Benedict and Cuthbert: Two Saints for Durham (Michael Sadgrove)
- 11th March 2007
- Belief and Disbelief (David Brown)
- Deceiving Jacob (Rosalind Brown)
- 4th March 2007
- Luke 14 and Psalm 135 (Ann Loades)
- By grace alone (Stephen Hampton)
- 25th February 2007
- TERROIR FOR LENT (Michael Sadgrove)
- Jonah and repentance (Rosalind Brown)
- 21st February 2007
- The Desert - Temptation - Mortality - Practising Piety? (Tony Bryer)
- 18th February 2007
- Patrick Alington and Suffering (David Brown)
- Holy in the ordinary (Rosalind Brown)
- 11th February 2007
- Praying for Good Weather (Stephen Cherry)
- 4th February 2007
- No More Reverend Nice Guy (Stephen Cherry)
- 2nd February 2007
- Seeing Salvation (Stephen Cherry)
- 28th January 2007
- Stewardship Thinking (Stephen Cherry)
- Encountering the Human Christ (David Brown)
- 21st January 2007
- Living Life with God (Rosalind Brown)
- Transforming the Past (Michael Sadgrove)
- 7th January 2007
- Bonfires of the Spirit and Candles in the Wind (Stephen Cherry)
- 31st December 2006
- Based on Galatian 4. 4, 5 (David Kennedy)
- 25th December 2006
- Full of Grace and Truth (Tom Wright)
- Teased By Christmas (Michael Sadgrove)
- 24th December 2006
- Based on Psalm 85. 10 (David Kennedy)
- Emperors and Angels (Tom Wright)
- 17th December 2006
- Based on St Luke 1.68 BCP (David Kennedy)
- 10th December 2006
- John The Baptist (Michael Sadgrove)
- Advent Hope - Zechariah and Elizabeth's story (Rosalind Brown)
- 7th December 2006
- Let Glory Come In (Michael Sadgrove)
- 3rd December 2006
- Advent Words and Meanings (Michael Sadgrove)
- 26th November 2006
- The Commemoration of Founders and Benefactors (Nicholas Holtam)
- Christ The King (Michael Sadgrove)
- 19th November 2006
- Will It Last? (Stephen Cherry)
- 12th November 2006
- On Remembrance Sunday (Michael Sadgrove)
- Light up a Life (Michael Sadgrove)
- Repentance (Stephen Hampton)
- 9th November 2006
- God and the War on Terror (Tom Wright)
- 5th November 2006
- Speak No Evil of the Dead (David Brown)
- Loving God (Rosalind Brown)
- 29th October 2006
- Read Mark (Rosalind Brown)
- The Fall of a Tree (Michael Sadgrove)
- 22nd October 2006
- Leadership Through Servanthood (Nils Chittenden)
- 17th October 2006
- City on a Hill (Tom Wright)
- 15th October 2006
- Catching the Eye of Love (Michael Sadgrove)
- 'God and Cities' (Rosalind Brown)
- 8th October 2006
- 'Cantus Firmus: The Enduring Melody' (Rosalind Brown)
- Jesus on Marriage (David Brown)
- 1st October 2006
- 'Holiness and daily life' (Rosalind Brown)
- 23rd September 2006
- The Road to New Creation (Tom Wright)
- 20th September 2006
- Funeral of Chris Moyes (Michael Sadgrove)
- 16th September 2006
- The Ear of the Servant, the Tongue of the Teacher (Tom Wright)
- 7th September 2006
- Who's in and who's out? (Joseph P Cassidy)
- 3rd September 2006
- 'Un-stingy hearts' (Rosalind Brown)
- 27th August 2006
- Pullman Pilgrimage (Michael Sadgrove)
- Struggling with God's call (Rosalind Brown)
- 20th August 2006
- Flesh and Blood (Stephen Cherry)
- Stewardship of God's Land (Rosalind Brown)
- 13th August 2006
- Be imitators of God (Rosalind Brown)
- Is Life a Race? (Stephen Cherry)
- 6th August 2006
- Transfiguration (David Brown)
- 30th July 2006
- Job (Rosalind Brown)
- 23rd July 2006
- Faith after Constantine (Carolyn Roberts)
- 9th July 2006
- Forgiveness (Rosalind Brown)
- 24th June 2006
- Singing John the Baptist's song (Rosalind Brown)
- 18th June 2006
- The Small Things of God (Stephen Cherry)
- 10th June 2006
- The Trinity (Stephen Cherry)
- 4th June 2006
- Comforter (Stephen Cherry)
- 3rd June 2006
- Friendship (Rosalind Brown)
- 28th May 2006
- Between ascension and Pentecost (Rosalind Brown)
- 14th May 2006
- Success, victory and triumph (Stephen Cherry)
- 23rd April 2006
- The impact of the resurrection (Rosalind Brown)
- 22nd April 2006
- The emptiness of the tomb (Rosalind Brown)
- 16th April 2006
- Recognition Scene (Michael Sadgrove)
- 9th April 2006
- Vineyards (Rosalind Brown)
- 26th March 2006
- God so Loved the World (Michael Sadgrove)
- 2nd February 2006
- The Presentation of Christ (Rosalind Brown)
- 29th January 2006
- Homelessness (Paul Marriott)
- 22nd January 2006
- Wedding banquets (Rosalind Brown)
- 8th January 2006
- Knowing and doing what is right (Rosalind Brown)
- 25th December 2005
- At Bethlehem (Michael Sadgrove)
- 18th December 2005
- The Annunciation (Rosalind Brown)
- 27th November 2005
- The Coming of God's Kingdom (Michael Sadgrove)
- 2nd November 2005
- Lachrymosa (Michael Sadgrove)
- 9th October 2005
- Report from France (Michael Sadgrove)
- 4th September 2005
- Welcome Back to Cuthbert (Michael Sadgrove)
- 28th August 2005
- A Journey to Scotland (Michael Sadgrove)
- 21st August 2005
- God's Goodness (Rosalind Brown)
- 31st July 2005
- God's Merciful Ears (Rosalind Brown)
- 17th July 2005
- Goodness (Frederick Holliday)
- 10th July 2005
- God the Cultivator (Rosalind Brown)
- 9th July 2005
- People who Walk with Death (Michael Sadgrove)
- 3rd July 2005
- Installation of Rosalind Brown (Tom Wright)
- Mining for Wisdom (Michael Sadgrove)
- 2nd July 2005
- Playing and Reality (Michael Sadgrove)
- Ordination of Priests (Tom Wright)
- 26th June 2005
- On Thirty Years as a Deacon (Michael Sadgrove)
- 25th June 2005
- Singing the Lord's Song (Michael Sadgrove)
- 4th June 2005
- God's love transcends human laws and judgements (Nils Chittenden)
- 22nd May 2005
- On Trinity Sunday (Michael Sadgrove)
- 24th April 2005
- Before Voting (Michael Sadgrove)
- The God of Small Things (Fleming Rutledge)
- 17th April 2005
- Rebuilding The Temple (Michael Sadgrove)
- 3rd April 2005
- Caravaggio's depiction of the Doubting Thomas is a mirror of our own hearts (Nils Chittenden)
- 19th March 2005
- Cuthbert (Stephen Conway)
- 13th March 2005
- Caiaphas and Christ (Michael Sadgrove)
- 7th February 2005
- Address (Robin Brims)
- Address (Michael Sadgrove)
- 6th February 2005
- Elijah the Prophet (Michael Sadgrove)
- 30th January 2005
- Untitled Sermon (Martin Kitchen)
- The Best Wine (Martin Kitchen)
- 23rd January 2005
- Titan (Martin Kitchen)
- 16th January 2005
- After the Tsunami (Michael Sadgrove)
- 6th January 2005
- Arise and Shine (Martin Kitchen)
- 25th December 2004
- An Icon of the Nativity (Michael Sadgrove)
- 24th December 2004
- A Shop Window in Newcastle (Michael Sadgrove)
- 19th December 2004
- Re-arrangements (Martin Kitchen)
- 24th October 2004
- Ecclesiastes: strange, but true (Nils Chittenden)
- 17th October 2004
- Before Eames (Michael Sadgrove)
- 8th August 2004
- God's Good Pleasure (Martin Kitchen)
- 13th June 2004
- On Being a Priest (Michael Sadgrove)
- 6th June 2004
- Wicked Thoughts (Martin Kitchen)
- 30th May 2004
- A Fierce and Fiery Happiness (Michael Sadgrove)
- 23rd May 2004
- Christ's gift (Martin Kitchen)
- Christ the Glory of the Sky (Michael Sadgrove)
- 16th May 2004
- Delivered by Wisdom (Michael Sadgrove)
- Testimony (Martin Kitchen)
- 9th May 2004
- Messiaen helps us make sense of the Ascension (Nils Chittenden)
- 25th April 2004
- St Mark (Michael Sadgrove)
- 21st March 2004
- The Prodigal Son (Martin Kitchen)
- 14th March 2004
- Reconciliation (Martin Kitchen)
- 22nd February 2004
- Anakephalaiôsis (Martin Kitchen)
- 8th February 2004
- Vocation (Martin Kitchen)
- 25th January 2004
- Conversion of St Paul (Martin Kitchen)
- 18th January 2004
- Second Sunday of Epiphany (Martin Kitchen)
- 11th January 2004
- The Baptism of Christ (Martin Kitchen)


