Michael Sadgrove

GUEST BLOG: As preachers around the world give their Easter sermons, Michael Sadgrove, Dean Emeritus of Durham Cathedral and author of #BookOfTheMonth Christ in a Choppie Box, reflects on how he has managed to keep his preaching fresh and inspiring for all these years. I’ve always lo…

As we move through Holy Week, here is a topical sermon by Michael Sadgrove, Dean Emeritus of Durham Cathedral, taken from our April #BookOfTheMonth, Christ in a Choppie Box. Throughout Lent we have walked the via dolorosa with Jesus. This week we arrive at its awful destination: Golgotha, …

Preaching is an art form that can take years to master. In this extract from his book, Michael Sadgrove shares his experiences of what makes a bad sermon... Preaching is certainly our duty, and it is often our joy. But duty and joy are not by themselves enough. The answer must be,&nbs…

A very happy Easter to all our readers and authors from everyone from Sacristy Press! As our Easter gift to you, here’s an extract from a poignant Easter sermon by Michael Sadgrove, Dean Emeritus of Durham Cathedral, which can be found in full in his book Christ in a Choppie Box: Sermo…

GUEST BLOG: In this extended Christmas blog, Michael Sadgrove considers what Advent and Christmas mean in these politically uncertain times.  Michael Sadgrove is the Dean Emeritus of Durham and author of Christ in a Choppie Box: Sermons from North East England. Pho…

Michael Sadgrove, former Dean of Durham, shares his views on the EU referendum.  In Christ in a Choppie Box I included a sermon preached in Germany on the anniversary of the allied bombing of Lübeck in 1942. I said: “A united democratic Europe is our best hope for peace in a world…

Michael Sadgrove, in this guest blog, reflects on the annual pre-Christmas sport that is Black Friday Image: Eric Pouhier (CC BY-SA) In America it is Thanksgiving Day. It was one of the best ideas of the founding fathers of the fledgling state, to take a day each year to foc…