CATHEDRALNEWS

Every Tribe: Saints in a Diverse World - Sharon Prentis (2019)

Sharon Prentis uncovers stories of holy, inspired and inspiring lives from all over the world, celebrating the true diversity of the saints and challenging the church to become what it is meant to be: a rainbow people of God serving the diverse needs of a diverse world.   

Belt and Braces: Saving St Paul’s in the 1920s

On Christmas Eve 1924 St Paul’s Cathedral was served with a Dangerous Structures notice and was closed for public safety. This talk recounts the extraordinary story of how the Cathedral moved and cracked testing the structure and relations with the City of London. It will look at the superfluity of advice that became available, the investigations which were carried out and the ingenious engineering endeavours that rendered the building safe once more. This talk is by Robert Bowles, Structural Engineer.

What Did Jesus Look Like? - Joan Taylor (2019)

Joan Taylor talks about the influences on early depictions of Jesus in art and what they tell us about what he did, or definitely didn’t, look like, and why that's important. Recorded on Sunday 2 June 2019 at St Paul's Cathedral.

Holy Envy: Finding God in the Faith of Others - Barbara Brown Taylor (2019)

Barbara Brown Taylor explores how we can encounter God in the faith of other people, and how our faith can be improved by the faith of others, even those we fundamentally disagree with. Recorded at St Paul's Cathedral on Thursday 30 May 2019.

The Paradox of Freedom - Graham Tomlin (2019)

Graham Tomlin explores the distinctively Christian vision of freedom and suggests that Christian understandings of freedom work for personal flourishing as well as building stronger communities in a way that many popular secular versions of the idea are unable to. Recorded at St Paul's Cathedral on Sunday 5 May 2019.

God Made Strange - Lucy Winkett (2019)

In preparation for Holy Week, Lucy Winkett explores the scandal of the cross, what we can and can't say about the cross, and what this might mean for our faith, prayers and actions. Recorded at St Paul's Cathedral on Sunday 7 April 2019.