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The Dean Speaks

 

We're proud to be a multi-fath community at King's. On this page, you can find the most recent statement that the Dean has shared with the King's community, and links to a range of previous statements over the academic year as well as a selection of past sermons, lectures, conversations and a blog post.

Happy Vesak Day

12 May 2025


 

"I want to wish a happy and hopeful Vesak Day to all our Buddhist students and staff.

Across the world, Buddhists will be marking the Buddha's birthday in early May. It's a day both to celebrate and to reflect, to light lamps representing enlightenment, to visit and decorate temples, to meditate on the Buddha's teaching and to consider how to show compassion to those in need. I know I need to receive the compassionate kindness of others as well as hoping to show it in my own life.

This spring, may we all find inner resources of wisdom and peace and learn how to bring them into our interactions with one another, especially with those who are struggling with life in any way just now.

And to all who celebrate, may you have a joyful and peaceful festival. Happy Vesak Day."

Contact Us

020 7848 2333

Office of the Dean, K2.44, King's Building, Strand Campus, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS

Sermons and Blog

Every Wednesday at lunchtime during term, we hold a service in the College Chapel on the Strand campus. These services are accompanied with music sung by the Choir of King's College London, and a sermon is given by a member of the Dean's Office and Chaplaincy team, or by a guest preacher.

You can read a selection of the Dean's sermons, and a blog article written by the Dean on the topic of 'God (he/she/they, him/her/them)', below.

Open Bible on Pedestal

Lectures

The Dean gave an Associate of King's College (AKC) lecture in January 2021 titled 'Religious Leadership: Learning from the Desert Elders'.

Conversation with AKC Ambassador and PhD student, Emma Lowe

As part of the 'AKC Conversations: Voices in the Wilderness' series, the Dean met in conversation with AKC Ambassador and PhD student, Emma Lowe.

Ellen examines the role of humility and service in good leadership and discusses the ways in which leadership is both a communal and a creative process.

She also reflects on the process of finding one's vocation and the ways in which the vocation of leadership has been altered by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has provided both a challenge and the opportunity for positive disruption to the status quo.

Conversation with The Very Revd Dr Kelly Brown Douglas

As part of the 'AKC Conversations: Voices in the Wilderness' series, the Dean met in conversation with The Very Revd Dr Kelly Brown Douglas, Dean of the Episcopal Divinity School at Union in New York City.

Dean Douglas is a pioneering voice addressing sexual issues in relation to the black religious community, and an advocate for equal rights for LGBTQ persons.

This conversation covers issues of gender and race equality, the importance of diversity and empowerment in leadership, the Black Lives Matter movement and a vision of hope embodied by the young leaders of tomorrow.

Why King's has a Dean

Why King’s has a Dean

King's is unusual amongst British educational institutions, in that its Dean is an ordained person.

Meet the Dean

Meet the Dean

The Dean is responsible for fostering and promoting spiritual development and welfare at King's.