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by Malcolm Guite

Poems, sermons and reflections from priest-poet Malclolm Guite

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Episodes

  1. Apostles Creed 7

    'I believe in the Holy Spirit'. The last of my series of seven sermons on the Apostles' Creed

  2. Apostles Creed 6

    'He Shall come again in glory to judge both the quick and the dead'

  3. Apostles' Creed 5: He ascended into Heaven

    A reflection on the Mystery of Christ's Ascension and what it means to say that we have a brother, and saviour, in Heaven

  4. Apostles Creed 4 He rose from the dead!

    A sermon on the resurrection: "The central event, the defining moment, the core of Christian witness

  5. The Apostles Creed 3

    Third in my series of sermons preached at Girton College on the Apostles Creed ' 'He descended into Hell'

  6. Apostles Creed 2

    The second clause of the apostles creed 'I believe in Jesus Christ' Continuing a series I preached at Girton

  7. The Apostles Creed 1: I believe in God the Father

    This is the first in a sequence of seven sermons reflecting on the mystery and meaning of the Apostles Creed. these were originally preached in the Chapel of Girton College Cambridge

  8. Night Muse: a poetry reading

    My poetry reading for Trinity College Cambridge's Nightmuse series

  9. Blake, prophet and visionary part 4

    The final part in my Blake series, concentrating on Blake and the prophetic tradition and looking in particular at His Prophetic Masterwork Jerusalem.

  10. Blake; prophet and visionary part 3

    The third in my series of four on Blake. this one is on Blake and Jesus

  11. Blake, prophet and visionary Part 2

    The second of my talks on Blake, this is on the Songs of Innocence and Experience. There is a slight drop out towards the end of this file. here is the text of the poem i'm reading so you can get the missing lines: THE CLOD AND THE PEBBLE ‘Love seeketh not itself to please, Nor for itself hath…

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  12. Blake; prophet and visionary pt.1

    The first of four talks at St. Edwards on Blake; ahead of his time, ahead of ours? the series will be: 1 biography and overview 2 The Songs of Innocence and Experience 3 Blake and Jesus 4 Blake as prophet.

  13. God within Us part 3 of 3 sermons on the trinity

    The third of my three sermons at St. edward King and Martyr on God Above us, Beside us, and within us.

  14. God Beside us

    The second of my three sermons on the trinity, understood as God above us, God beside us, and God within us.

  15. God above us

    'The first of three sermons on the trinity understood as 'God above us', God beside us', and 'God within us.'

  16. John's Gospel 4: Glory

    The final episode in my series on St. John, concentrating on the great theme of Glory. what does it mean to behold the Glory of God in Christ? How is it revealed? How does he share it with us?

  17. John's Gospel 3: Love

    the third in my series on four key words in John's Gospel. This one is about Love!

  18. John: Life

    Continuing my series of key words in John's Gospel, here is the talk on 'Life' in Johns gospel i gave at St. Edwards on tuesday 12th June

  19. John's Gospel 1: Light

    Following on from my talk on the prologue to John's Gospel, this is the first of four talks on the main themes in John; Light, Life, Love and Glory, which I am delivering throughout June at St. Edward's Church Cambridge

  20. The Word and the World; a talk on the prologue to John's Gospel

    This talk, on the prologue to John's gospel forms the introduction to a series on John's gospel. Four further talks will develop the interwoven themes of Life, Light, Love and Glory.

  21. a sermon for Ascensiontide

    Here is a Sermon I gave on the sunday after Ascension day at St. Edward's King and Martyr, tackling some of the awkward issues raised by the image of Christ ascending and trying to get to the heart of what it means to believe that in Christ our humanity has been taken into the heart of Heaven. It...

  22. TOUCHING THE WOUNDS, IN PRAISE OF 'DOUBTING'THOMAS

    Here is a poetry reading and accompanying sermon I have at St. Edward's Cambridge on the first Sunday after Easter. the traditional reading for his sunday is John chapter 20: verses 24-end, which tells the story of how Jesus ibited thomas o touch his wounds. I am fond of Thomas, a man who dared…

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  23. The Way of Transformation

    The third and last in my series of Good Friday talks on the Way of the Cross. drawing on the Stations sonnets which can be found here: http://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/good-friday-the-stations-of-the-cross/

  24. The Way of Coinherence

    The second of my three good Friday Talks drawing on the Stations sonnets. the Sonnets can be found here: http://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/good-friday-the-stations-of-the-cross/

  25. The Way of Exchange

    This is the first of my three Good Friday Talks on following the way of the cross, which draw on my sonnets sequence 'Stations' which can be found here: http://malcolmguite.wordpress.com/2012/04/04/good-friday-the-stations-of-the-cross/

  26. Rob Groves sings 'Redemption'

    This is a recording of Rob Groves singing 'Redemption' at the On the Edge service and is intended as an illustration to go with the sermon on Johnny Cash and Tom Waits in the previous podcast

  27. Not a Chocolate Jesus; learning from Tom Waits and Johnny cash

    This is the sermon I preached at our 'On the Edge Tom Waits/Johnny cash special. the text was from Revelations 3:14-22 and the set list included: Mr. Seigal, Folsom Prison Blues, Make it Rain, Redemption, Chocolate Jesus, Wrong side of he Road, Long black veil and ol'55.

  28. Christ acros five frontiers: 5: Life-Death

    We come to the 'final frontier', the line between life and death, between mortal and immortal, and once more we find the depth and liberating christian paradox at work; Christ who is life dies to share that life with us, we who live, die, in one sense, in order to have life with Him in every…

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  29. Christ Across five frontiers 4: Self and Society

    In this talk i look at how the revelation of God in christ, and the new commandment to love radically reconfigure the way we draw the line between self and other. Taking in teaching about the holy trinity from augustine and others, and the teaching of Charles Williams about co-inherence, we…

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  30. Christ across five frontiers 3 :Reason-Imagination

    Continuing our exploration of Christ as reconciler and healer of our false divisions, we look at the 'division' between reason and imagination, with the help of Shakespeare, William Blake, and CS Lewis!

  31. Christ across the frontiers 2 Matter-Spirit

    Christ is not confined by human borderlines, religious or geographic. He crossed the fontiers between city and wilderness, Jew and Gentile, and ultimately, life and death.He still calls his followers to cross new frontiers with him. This Lent, with the help of some poets and visionaries, we will...

  32. Christ Across Five Frontiers: 1 Faith-Doubt

    Christ is not confined by human borderlines, religious or geographic. He crossed the fontiers between city and wilderness, Jew and Gentile, and ultimately, life and death.He still calls his followers to cross new frontiers with him. This Lent, with the help of some poets and visionaries, we will...

  33. Celebrating Rainer Maria Rilke

    This is the sermon I preached at a special Eucharist at St. Edwards Church in which we explored Rilke's life and work.

  34. Jacob, Nathanael, and you

    Here's a brief sermon I preached as the opener for a series at Girton college on storytelling in the Bible/ It concludes with one of my epiphany sonnets called Nathanael's epiphany, which you can find on my blog.

  35. On the Edge:Leonard Cohen as Fellow Pilgrim

    This is the talk I gave at our On the Edge special service: 'You want to travel with him; Leonard Cohen as fellow pilgrim'. the playlist for the service was: Sisters of Mercy, Last Year's Man, Anthem, If it be your will, Suzanne, and Halleluia!

  36. Epiphany on the Jordan

    The season of epiphany, which follows on from the visit of the wise men, gives us a chance to contemplate some of the moments of 'epiphany' or glimpses of ultimate reality in the Gospel. One of these is when the 'Heavens open' at the Baptism of Christ. Here is a sonnet and a short sermon both...

  37. The Shop of Ghosts by GK Chesterton

    Here is a lovely ittle piece by GK Chesterton which I always enjoy reading at Christmas time. I hope you will enjoy it too!

  38. The Inklings 5: Tolkien; roots and branches

    The fifth and final talk in my series on the inklings as radical prophets.

  39. Inklings 4 Charles Williams on the pattern and glory of Love

    Fourth in my series on the inklings as radical prophets, not nostalgiamongers. This one is a look At Charles Williams key ideas: Coinherence, substitution, exchange

  40. Inklings 3 Barfield; poetry and participation

    Third in my series on the Inklings, this one is about Owen Barfield, the first and last Inkling, whom Lewis called 'the best of my unofficial teachers'. I was joined for this talk by his Grandson Owen Barfield, who talks about the exciting release of significant unpublished works

  41. Inklings 2: Lewis and the cosmic summer

    my talk on Lewis, no.2 in my series on the Inklings As Prophets, tomorrow at 5:30 at St. Edwards. I am going to be emphasising his radical critique of reductive philosophy, his accurate prediction of the assaults on human identity that would arise from the abuse of science and his call, in The...

  42. BWH Book VIII The Scouring of the Horse

    This book, which I think lies behind some of Tolkien's chapter 'The Scouring of the Shire' is about the need to maintain the old truths by ceaseless renewal and vigilance, and is a great call to resist tyranny and the erosion of freedom wherever we find it.

  43. BWH Book VII Ethandune:The Last Charge

    This book contains the episode I read on the anniversary of 9/11, of the child rebuilding the tower, it has Alfred's great rallying call to the ordinary folk of England to choose a good death rather than slavery, and most famously it contains his cry at the turning point of the battle which was...

  44. BWH Book VI Ethandune:The Slaying of the Chiefs

    Three heroic deaths in battle and the utterly chilling description of the cursed spear of Elf, from the rhineland, which sems to anticipate the Nazi interest in occult objects and weaponry.

  45. BWH Book V Ethandune: The First Stroke

    Battle commences! This contains, amongst other treasure Colan's great evocation of the trees of Britain, worth it for that alone!

  46. BWH Book IV The Woman in the Forest

    This contains he famous episode of Alfred burning the cakes and Chesterton makes it the occasion of his great Hymn to God as the universal and unnoticed servant of all

  47. BWH Book III The Harp of Alfred

    The King walks boldly into the Camp of the Danes in guise of a wandering minstrel with his harp on his shoulders. We are introduced to Guthrum, the Danish leader and his earls each of whom take the harp and play, each of whom represents and expresss one of the self-serving or nihilistic and...

  48. White Horse Book II; The Gathering of the Chiefs

    Inspired by his vision and 'shaken with the joy of giants', Alfred gathers the remnants of his people for a last stand against the Danes. The England Alfred represents is culturally and ethnically diverse but united in faith and vision The Thre chiefs represent three strands of culture and…

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  49. The Ballad of the White Horse Book I The Vision of the King

    I this first book, Alfred, having faced defeat after defeat gainst the Danes is almost ready to give up. But he sees a vision of our Lady. She refuses to reveal the outcome of the battle, indeed tells him 'nought for his comfort' but just to have seen her,to have had a glimpse of the innocent joy...

  50. Ballad of the White Horse:Dedication

    The First episode of my reading of GK Chesterton's Ballad of the White Horse in its entirety

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