Advent Series: The Lord’s Prayer – By Revd Professor Christopher Bryan

We are all familiar with the Lord’s Prayer. It is, in a sense, quite ordinary for Christians. Yet, that very familiarity can lead us to overlook the fact that it is also extraordinary. Utterly of Israel, the Lord’s Prayer is also profoundly Christian. Essentially a family prayer, it is also universal. Always for the present moment, it is also for eternity. In two sessions, The Revd Professor Christopher Bryan will explore these thoughts. This two-session course will take place on Sunday 29 November 2026 and Sunday 13 December 2026, at 11:45am to 12:30pm, in the Medieval Hall (The Old Law Library). About The Revd Professor Christopher Bryan Sometime Woodward Scholar of Wadham College, Oxford, Chris is a priest, academic, and novelist, now semi-retired (whatever that means). His most important non-fiction books are The Resurrection of the Messiah (Oxford, 2011), Son of God: Reflections on a Tradition (Oxford 2023), Mary of Nazareth: The Mother of Jesus as Remembered by the Earliest Christians (Seabury, 2024) and the popular And God Spoke: The Authority of the Bible for the Church Today (Cowley, 2002). The first of his six “Inspector Cecilia Cavaliere” novels is Siding Star (Diamond 2012), a somewhat supernatural police case that actually starts in Exeter Cathedral!