Sermons

Preached by Rev’d Emma Pennington at Cuddesdon and Horspath on 25th January 2015 (Feast of the Conversion of St Paul). In an open letter to the leaders and fighters of IS, leading Sunni religious authorities from across the world directly…

Preached by Rev’ Emma Pennington at Garsington and Horspath on 28th January. It’s during this in between times, the period after the celebrations of Christmas and before the parties of the New Year, that has traditionally become a season of…

Preached by Rev’d Emma Pennington at Midnight Mass at Horspath 2014 On this night 100 years ago in 1914, a remarkable series of events occurred along the Western Front.  No one is sure how it started.  One soldier, Albert Moren…

Preached at Cuddesdon Welcome Service on 5th October by Rev’ Emma Pennington. Some words from T.S. Eliot’s Four Quartets. In Little Gidding he writes,   What we call the beginning is often the end And to make an end is…

Preached by Rev’d Emma Pennington at St Giles’, Horspath on 2nd February 2014. A line from our gospel reading today: ‘Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace according to your word.’ So begins the song of Simeon, an…