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Interpreting the ‘still, small voice’ of the Scriptures

On 11th February 2024, the Sunday Before Lent, Richard was invited by the Dean and Chapter to preach at the 4pm Choral Evensong in Exeter Cathedral, at which the Cathedral Choir sang a selection of early 17th century music, including the anthem It is a good thing by John Lugge, who was organist at Exeter

Who is Jesus Christ for us today?

On February 4th, 2024, the Second Sunday Before Lent, Richard was invited to preach by the Rev’d Sheila Swarbrick, the Rector of the Central Parish, which now comprises of the historic churches of Exeter’s city centre, dedicated to St Stephen, St Olave, St Petrock, St Pancras, and St Mary Arches. The website for the Central

Yesterday, Today, Forever

On 21st May 1999, Richard was honoured to be invited to preach in the presence of Her Majesty the Queen and Prince Philip at the service in the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford to celebrate the 750th anniversary of the first benefaction for higher education anywhere in the English-speaking world, the bequest

The Virginia Window of the Sower

Richard preached this sermon, The Virginia Window of the Sower, on the stained glass windows which were installed in the new Immanuel Chapel at Virginia Theological Seminary, Alexandria, Virginia, in 2018.

The Warburton Lecture/Sermon, 2019

Richard Burridge · The Warburton Lecture/Sermon 2019 At Lincoln’s Inn on Sunday 23 June 2019, Richard delivered the 2019 Warburton Lecture/Sermon on the theme of ‘You have heard that it was said… but I say to you’. The subtitle was ‘Life, death and the (re)interpretation of scriptural and legal texts in a time of turmoil.’

Preparing for God’s new Advent-ure

Advent Eucharist Service at St Mary le Strand On Sunday 17 December 2017, Richard preached and presided at the Eucharist in St Mary le Strand, where he and the other Anglican priests in the King’s College Chaplaincy team of the time were licensed clergy. The readings for Advent 3 were Isaiah 61.1-4, 8-11; Psalm 126;