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Sermon preached on Lammas Day – 1 August 2010
Today is 1 August and that is a traditional day in Scotland which has a name and a heritage and a series of traditions around it. And I bet most people these days don’t know what it is. Today, 1 August is Lammas Day – one of the Scottish Term Days, similar to the English…
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Inclusive Language
Ruth has the skinny on the Inclusive Language amendments that the College of Bishops has licensed for permitted use. The paper proclaiming these amendments has not reached these parts and I’m not sure what that situation means liturgically. Most of the amendments are not particularly surprising, and indeed, some of them have been in use…
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St Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, CT
We had a great day on Sunday at St Mary’s. The Feast of St James in the morning was a lovely interlude into the usual summer Sunday calendar and then a special Choral Evensong sung by the Choir of St Paul’s on the Green, Norwalk, Connecticut. They had been in Lincoln for a week singing…
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What to say to the Pope
I just want to applaud Bishop David asking us what we think he should say to the Pope later this year. That’s such a good use of a Primus’s blog. I hope he gets plenty of comments.
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The Botafumeiro
Here is a quick video of the Botafumeiro swinging in Compostella last year as promised in the sermon this morning. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32Qiv3F3bv4&feature=related Commentary is a bit intrusive. Watch out for the brilliant catch and swirl movement by the chief tiraboleiro as it is brought to rest at the end. There is a simulation of how it…
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Sermon preached on 25 July 2010
For the Feast of St Hamish.
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Hold the Front Page
The Herald has a helpful story today (page 3, actually) about the movement that is building in Scotland for Equal Marriage. Equal Marriage means opening up marriage to same-sex couples on the same basis as opposite-sex couples. It also means that anyone who can currently conduct weddings should be able to conduct weddings on the…
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Can you help me find a Vice-Provost?
I’m currently looking for someone to come and work at St Mary’s as Vice-Provost. There is an advert in the Church Times today for the second week advertising the post. The vacancy was circulated around the Scottish Episcopal Church a couple of week’s ago. The cathedral website has full details of the post. So, we’ve…
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C of E Border Crossing
Must admit I’m still grumpety about the C of E negotiating with the C of S without so much as a by your leave towards the Scottish Episcopal Church. I know that promises have been given that we will have tripartite conversations on things in the future, but that still does not excuse this border-crossing…
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tae see oorsels as ithers see us
Read Ruth Wishart’s piece in the Herald and then have a think about how the churches common capitulation to the narrowest of narrow minds regarding both gender and sexuality affects the greater mission of the whole.