Join us for the 2026 Festival of Preaching, which aims to inspire, nurture and celebrate all who are called to proclaim the gospel today. The 3-day event offers a stimulating and varied programme of worship, lectures, and workshops.
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Join us for the 2026 Festival of Preaching, a dedicated space for clergy, lay ministers, and all who preach, to enrich their craft...
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"The Magnificat is said here every day, a postcard from Our Lady, TO CHECK IF WE ARE STILL CHRISTIAN..."
Thankful for @deanoakley.bsky.social's wisdom & challenge, both today & every day.
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With @reverendally.bsky.social at the #festivalofpreaching kneading bread. "Creativity can stop metaphors calcifying and help to give them life again."
Malcolm Guite at the #festivalofpreaching giving insights into his sonnets for Holy Week. As an aside: "God creates the ultimate metaphor in the bread and wine sacrament.... Once you accept that bread and wine *is* a sacrament, don't you have to accept that the whole world is a sacrament?"
Mark Oakley at the #festivalofpreaching Q. How to make a difference in preaching? A. Preach like Jesus. Q. How did Jesus do it? A. 1. As An act of nearness. 2. As an act of metaphor. 3. As an act of love.
Isabelle Hamley at the #festivalofpreaching dealing with faith and doubt. "St. John of the Cross and St. Theresa have struggled with faith... God is seen in glimpses. When we doubt, we are in good company."
Mark Oakley preaching from the heart at Jazz Vespers as part of the #festivalofpreaching. On a lighter note, speaking of Nietzsche's comment that he'd find Christianity more convincing if we all looked more redeemed: "It's true that our faith is sometimes so deep that it never reaches our faces." ✝️
✝️ A hugely valuable Jewish perspective from Amy-Jill Levine at the #festivalofpreaching. Among many other insights, that the lectionary sometimes sets up the appearance of NT good, OT bad, especially evident in Holy Week.
Sam Wells at the #festivalofpreaching this morning on the story of Samuel's anointing of David. "Don't just look for an identical replica of a failed story."
The opening of the #festivalofpreaching with an Evensong sermon by @paulagooder.bsky.social on the power of words. "We believe in the ultimate performative utterance, which brought the world into existence."
