Scotland’s first female bishop – who has been accused of bullying – has begun a phased return to work. The Scottish Episcopal Church’s Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, the Right Reverend Anne Dyer, was suspended in 2022 and was due to face a disciplinary tribunal after three complaints were made against her. However, following a…
Archives for November 2024
Christ the King: The King who is coming back
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 24 November 2024. ‘Now we wait for Him to return and claim what is His own and to remodel it in His own fashion.’
Trinity 25: Our great High Priest
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 17 November 2024. ‘And so we are also called into that great tradition of faith in Jesus Christ and trust in His atonement.’
Remembrance: Complete trust in and dependence on God
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 10 November 2024. ‘We are … remembering those whose devotion to duty cost them their lives – maybe not always willingly offered. But they still went forth anyway.’
All Saints: A life for the here and now
Sermon by Rev Sydney Maitland for Sunday 3 November 2024. ‘There are many burdens that we carry in this world. The fear of sin and death need not be among them’
Commentary: A majesty that draws us into itself
‘Our preparations for All Saints, Remembrance and Christ the King all have a relevance far beyond the here and now. All of them look beyond. But then as we know, All Saints is a thin place where the barriers between here and there are indeed known to shimmer.’
