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Christchurch Concert – Monday evening – more details
Here’s what the press release says: Voices unite for benefit concert for victims of New Zealand earthquake Scottish singers are coming together for a major benefit concert on Monday evening at 8 pm for the people of Christchurch, New Zealand. The concert will take place in St Mary’s Episcopal Cathedral, Glasgow which is an almost…
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Concert for Christchurch
There will be a benefit concert for Christchurch, New Zealand in St Mary’s on Monday 28 February 2011 at 8 pm. More details to follow tomorrow.
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Obituary on Radio 4 for the Rt Rev Derek Rawcliffe
People might be interested in hearing Radio 4’s take on Derek Rawcliffe, former Bishop of this diocese. There is an obituary on Last Words. There’s a segment on George Shearing first and then the bit about Bishop Derek begins at 7′ 55”
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Christchurch, New Zealand
Turned on the radio an hour ago to hear about the devastating earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand. Immediately began to think about New Zealanders whom I know and immediately realise who we will be praying for today in church in addition to those whom we have been thinking about in North Africa and the Middle…
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The Census
Does anyone think there is any mileage in trying to persuade the Jedi Knight people to write “Scottish Episcopal Jedi Knight” in the right box on the census return? It does sound like the kind of thing we might well have had, after all.
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Sermon preached on 20 February 2011
here is what I said this morning. The first thing that struck me on looking up the Bible readings for this morning was our first lesson from the book of Leviticus.
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Chucks’s Sermon preached on 13 Feb 2011
Here's the sermon that Chuck's preached last week. Chucks is a curate at St Mary's at the moment. A curacy is a training post where one develops one's skills and learns how to be a clergy person. It was great to see him in the pulpit at St Mary's for the first time preaching in…
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Newsnight Scotland
I was on Newsnight Scotland last night discussing some of the issues that arise from the possibility that the UK government is about to consult on allowing Civil Partnerships to be celebrated in church and with religious elements in England and Wales. Also about the fact that the Scottish Government appears to be dragging its…
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St Valentine’s Eve & the Open Silence
Well, we had a lovely St Valentine’s flavoured Choral Evensong last night. (Yes, it is hard not to call it an Evensnog when its for St V). The congregation was a little busier than usual. Since coming to St Mary’s I’ve been amazed at how Choral Evensong can still act as a magnet for people.…
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Egypt
Just before becoming ordained, I spent some time courtesy of a lovely scholarship in Egypt. With nothing else much left to do in Scotland before becoming a clergy-person I flew off to Egypt for six weeks exploration. I spent quite a lot of that time with Coptic Christians, particularly in desert monasteries in the Wadi…