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Blogroll
Have restored the list of blogs I read on the right hand sidebar. (Scroll down). Notable new entries are John McCluckie Alison Peden Malcolm Round All of them are producing quality blogging and all deserve to be added to your blog reader. Wish Malcolm allowed comments and that John’s blog had a comments rss feed.…
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New to St Mary’s
Are you new to St Mary’s? (Or still feel new?) There’s a wee course of three Friday evenings just for you. See more details here. Let me know either through the office or some other way if you want to come. This week it is a guided tour, next week I’ll be talking about our…
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Bonus Choral Evensong
As a special reward for being holy, you are entitled to a special bonus Choral Evensong. This bonus Choral Evensong is being sung in St Mary’s at 4.30 pm on Saturday 6 November 2010 and is being offered by a bunch of musicians who like doing nothing better than singing for such a service. Conductor…
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OK Go again
Remember that video from OK Go that I put online a while ago to keep you entertained? Here’s their latest which involves playing with dogs: Tip of the biretta to Mr Jiggers for spotting this. Note for future – I’m planning a similar video involving servers, candles, thuribles and Dyson in D.
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Sermon preached on 24 October 2010
Here’s last week’s sermon – better get that posted before putting up this week’s. For some reason the congregation seemed immensely entertained by the idea of me preaching about humility. Curious.
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Meetings, meetings, meetings
Can someone tell me whether the church is unique in holding meetings in which the amount of time devoted to meeting vastly outweighs the amount of business that is done? I’ve a suspicion that the church is far from unique in this but also that others also must know better how to manage business than…
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To Castle Douglas
The Cathedral Chapter met yesterday in Castle Douglas. If this Provost is going to make a habit of such journeys, its likely that he will begin making a case for a diocesan grant for gaiters. Quick Friday Quiz Question – how many Anglican Cathedrals are nearer to Castle Douglas than St Mary’s is?
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Websites now up
If you are reading this then my websites are up again. My isp had a major failure which lasted most of the last day and ended up having to restore accounts from a backup taken on Tuesday night. Normal service is now resumed. (I’m aware that there are a couple of sermons needing to be…
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Many thanks
Many thanks to all those who gave me birthday wishes yesterday. The morning cake (with accompanying 5 minute loan of a cute puppy) cheered me up considerably when I found that water was pouring into church yesterday morning. The evening cake in the form of a biretta was magnificent and just the thing to share…