Fr Luke Miller

Sermon given in the context of the S John Passion at Holy Trinity Sloane Square, Palm Sunday 2023  The S John Passion was written as a liturgy to surround the sermon, and while tonight we perform it as a concert, there is justification for a few remarks about the religious import of what we are listening to. This is a Lutheran work but draws on the tradition of the Catholic Church to read the whole of the passion narrative of Saint John on Good Friday. On Palm Sunday one of the other gospels is read but St John comes round every year on Good Friday. Bach wrote for a Good Friday evening worship in which the passion lifted from Luther’s German translation of the Bible, specifically the 18th and 19th chapters of Saint John’s gospel, sung interspersed with hymns and interpretive Arias, and with a sermon at the heart. As we have heard, it begins with the betrayal and the question which is put to those who come to arrest Jesus but also to the congregation, Wen suchet ihr? whom do ...

During the debate I spoke on the amendment calling for the Pastoral Guidance to be published before the implementation of the Prayers of Love and Faith.  This was my speech. You can watch it here . I welcome this amendment. We were promised in the debate in July that we would see the full guidance before the prayers came into use, and we should take our time to make sure that that is the case. Five issues which specifically affect the clergy. First, whether they use or do not use the prayers, the Pastoral Guidance will provide protection for clergy from challenge. Without it clergy are exposed. Seeing legal advice might give some consolation on this point, but even had that been offered it would be necessary to see the Guidance in full before the prayers are commended. This means secondly that the pastoral guidance fits into the framework of clergy discipline and with the clergy conduct measure passing through Synod we need to be clear abou...

 Sermon on the monring after the Coronation preached at the  Temple Church London . The readings were for the Fourth Sunday after Easter: James 1.17-21 and John 16.5-15

The Lections (from the Authorised Version)  Ezekiel 34.11-16a    1 Peter 2.19-25   John 10.11-16 The Third Sunday after Easter, 23 April 2023  1 Peter 2:25 The shepherd and bishop of your souls Audio here The reason we find it difficult to understand the Bible is dry stone walls. Dry stone walls create enclosed pastures. Despite the enormous work that has gone into building them, dry stone walls are a labour-saving device. Once built, you can release your sheep into the area bounded by the wall, and then let them get on with it. The Shepherd can zoom around on his quad bike visiting and dealing with the issues that the sheep may have, but he does not actually have to stay with them. The biblical Shepherd on the other hand pastured his sheep in the vast areas of the Palestinian wilderness. With relatively small amounts of grass creating fields was a nonstarter. The Shepherd must lead the flock, gathering them in when they stray and taking them from pasture to pas...

 As the conflict in Ukraine began, the teaching of Fr Congreve on war, and the Christian attitude to it takes on an immediate contemporary relevance. The Church Times published an extract from my book . Here is the screen shot, and the article is here . 

  Luke Miller Archdeacon of London Proposed by The Venerable Catherine Pickford Seconded by The Rev’d Nigel Taylor Please do vote as this election is important. I ask you to give me your first or high preference vote. Christ’s Church, founded on Him, is His Bride, but in her human aspect she is ever called by Him to proclaim the Gospel afresh in every generation. The synod we are electing will make fundamental decisions about the Church of England and what it is to be one of her clerics in the next decades. Please give me your first – or high – preference vote as someone who cares about the issues, and who can be effective in contributing positively to the debates. MY BACKGROUND As well as being Archdeacon I am Rector of S Andrew by the Wardrobe in the City of London. I have served in parishes in Watford and Tottenham, where I helped plant a Church and helped set up the church of S Francis at the Engine Room Tottenham Hale . I am a traditionalist catholic, living out the ...