Sermons and addresses

Bishop Karen’s address at the Annual General Meeting for Diocesan Synod, June 2026

Bishop Andrew’s sermon at the Chrism Eucharist, Maundy Thursday 2026

Christmas is our homecoming – and Christ is at the heart of our hope for the future, says Bishop Stephen in his Christmas Day sermon at Salisbury Cathedral

Bishop Stephen’s address to diocesan synod, October 25: ‘let us be about impact rather than impasse’

The end of June and beginning of July is ordination season. Not only do we celebrate with those who are the new revs.

80 years is a lifetime. 5 years of – when would it end occupation – will have felt like a lifetime and was indeed the end of a life for some.

Bishop Stephen baptised and confirmed people in a dawn service outside Salisbury Cathedral on Easter morning, followed by speaking at the Eucharist.

Bishop Stephen preached the sermon at the Chrism Mass on Maundy Thursday, speaking on the need for leaders in the Church to be foot washers of the Kingdom of God.

The danger in uncertain times is we seek comfort in certainty, said Bishop Stephen in his presidential address to diocesan synod.

Lent is our time to decide what to do next – as individuals, and as a Church shaken by past failures in safeguarding, says Bishop Stephen.

We move from darkness to light. We do not move from light to darkness. On Thursday Parliament voted to move forward

Hello. Thirty four years ago I was ordained on the very spot from where I have just been presented to you as your bishop.