Subject: News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
August 26th, 2022 at 2:26 pm BSTView online Kierkegaard’s Kjøbenhavn (Copenhagen) by Dallas Callaway Whoever has learned to be anxious in the right way has learned the ultimate. If a human being were a beast or an angel, then they could not be in anxiety. But because a h ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
August 19th, 2022 at 12:03 pm BSTView online Reading across the lines by Dr Sarah Mortimer They say you can tell a person by their bookshelves - or perhaps nowadays by the books on their kindle…Recently a particular set of bookshelves have been in my mind, shelves tucked a ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
August 12th, 2022 at 3:35 pm BSTView online Why Mary? by the Revd Dr Jane Baun Anyone who has ever had a lift in my 15-year-old Aegean-blue VW Polo may remember that she is called the Madonnamobile. Bearing a small Greek icon of Our Lady on the dashboard, and a vinyl sticke ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
August 5th, 2022 at 6:15 pm BSTView online Transfiguration: why settle for less? by the Revd Dr Jane Baun Whom have I in heaven but you? And having you, I desire nothing upon earth (Psalm 73:25) All last term, I prayed dutifully for ‘guidance and grace’ for the day in ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
July 29th, 2022 at 2:33 pm BSTView online Where streams of living water flow by Elizabeth Adams At the end of June, I was on holiday in the Lake District, each day we saw low cloud descend obscuring Skiddaw with accompanying showers. The fells around us were green and dot ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
July 22nd, 2022 at 3:07 pm BSTView online Give us this day our daily bread by the Revd Dr William Lamb I have just spent ten days in south-eastern Turkey visiting the monasteries of Ṭūr ‘Abdin. These ancient communities, some dating back to the fourth century, form t ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
July 15th, 2022 at 2:49 pm BSTView online Thomas Merton - a photographic exhibition by Esther de Waal How do you see the world! A perennial question, one that seems very immediate in an Oxford summer when the streets are thronged with tourists and sightseers endlessly tak ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
July 9th, 2022 at 2:15 pm BSTView online A mere mortal by Patricia O'Neill Psalm 8 v 4 - 5 When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingersThe moon and the stars that you have ordained What are mortals that you should be mindful of themMere human beings that you sh ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
July 1st, 2022 at 5:45 pm BSTView online Choral Evensong by the Revd Dr William Lamb During the month of July, Choral Evensong will take place each Sunday (from 10th - 31st July inclusive) at 3.30pm. Choral Evensong is one of the precious gems of the Church of England - ...
News from the University Church of St Mary the Virgin Oxford
June 24th, 2022 at 7:01 pm BSTView online The Overview Effect by the Revd Hannah Cartwright When was the last time you experienced awe?Or ‘took a step back’ to ‘view the bigger picture’ and were overcome by something beyond yourself? ‘The overview effect’ is a ...