Ruth Greenaway-Robbins

An Anglican Priest sharing sermons, musings and thoughts

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I’m an Anglican priest, an Associate Vicar in Diocese of London. I’ve lived across the UK and spent nearly a decade in Vancouver, Canada — places and people who have shaped my heart for welcome, justice, and the boundless love of God. Before ordination, I was a professional musician, voice teacher, and educator — music still threads through my life, alongside liturgy, liberation theologies, and the wisdom of Lady Julian of Norwich. I believe deeply in living a self-compassionate life rooted in the love of God — where all are welcome and no one is left outside. Here you’ll find sermons, thoughts, prayers, and glimpses of my life as a priest, Mum, wife, musician, swimmer, and lover of books, fashion, and rescue animals. This is a space where imperfection is welcome — dyslexia and all — and where my hope is that you might find good news, belonging, and reminders that you, too, are God’s beloved.

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  • Transfiguration Sunday: A Glimpse of Glory before the Journey

    Matthew 17:1–9 | Exodus 24:12–end | Psalm 99 Have you ever had a moment when something you thought you understood suddenly became clear in an entirely new way? Not because the facts changed – but because your perception did. A conversation, an encounter, a piece of music, a prayer – and suddenly you see and…

  • When someone names the light in you.

    Candlemas holds a very precious place in my heart. It is one of my favourite feasts of the Church year. I love it because it is real. I love it because it is full of joy and hope, and because it refuses to turn away from the pain woven through the story of our salvation.…

  • “To Turn Will Be Our Delight”

    Act 9:1-22 | Galatians 1:11-16b  I wonder if you have ever known someone who has had what we might call a Damascus moment – a moment where a way of life, a settled belief, or a deeply held view has been radically interrupted, and they have turned another way altogether. In the Acts of the Apostles, we…

  • You are Beloved: The Feast of the Baptism of Christ

    On the Feast of the Baptism of Christ, the Church invites us to linger at the riverbank. This moment – quiet, ordinary, almost easily overlooked – stands at the heart of who Jesus is, and therefore at the heart of who we are called to be. Jesus comes to the Jordan and steps into the…

  • God is nearer than we dare to imagine

    It is no accident that Christians gather at night to begin our celebration of Christmas. For Christmas does not begin in the full light of day, but in the quiet hours when most of the world is asleep. In scripture, night is never simply the absence of light. Night is where things happen. Night is…

  • 23 December – O Emmanuel (God with us)

    “Come and save us, O Lord our God” O Emmanuel, our King and our lawgiver,the hope of the nations and their Saviour:Come and save us, O Lord our God. After all the titles, Wisdom.Lord.Root.Key.Dawn.King. We arrive at a name. Each has drawn us closer, narrowing the focus, sharpening the longing. And now, on the final…

  • 22 December – O Rex Gentium (O King of the Nations)

    “The cornerstone making both one” “O King of the nations, and their desire, the cornerstone, who makes both one: Come and save man, whom you formed from clay.“ For many of us, it carries the weight of disappointment: leaders who divide rather than unite, systems that privilege some and crush others, voices that grow louder…

  • 21 December – O Oriens (O Dayspring)

    “Come and enlighten those who dwell in darkness” O Morning Star,splendour of light eternal and sun of righteousness:Come and enlighten those who dwell in darknessand the shadow of death. On this day, the light turns. Today, the 21st of December, marks the winter solstice – the longest night, the deepest dark. From here, almost imperceptibly…

  • 20 December – O Clavis David (O Key of David)

    “You open, and no one can shut” O Key of David and sceptre of the House of Israel;you open and no one can shut;you shut and no one can open:Come and lead the prisoners from the prison house,those who dwell in darkness and the shadow of death. Keys are small things, but they can carry…

  • 19 December – O Radix Jesse (O Root of Jesse)

    “Come and deliver us, and delay no longer” O Root of Jesse, standing as a sign among the peoples;before you kings will shut their mouths;to you the nations will make their prayer:Come and deliver us, and delay no longer. Roots are usually hidden.They work quietly beneath the surface – anchoring, feeding, holding fast. We tend…