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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.
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Englandwatch
Sometimes it is almost too painful watching the Church of England. Currently the blogsphere and twitterscope are full of reports of the decisions which are supposed to go on behind closed doors with regard to the nomination of the Bishop of Southwark. The short version is that Jeffrey John was apparently on the list. His…
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Sermon preached on 4 July 2010
I’d like to talk this morning about rivers. In the first reading today, which we listened to in two parts, we heard the story of Naaman the mighty warrior being brought down to earth by being made to wallow in the river Jordan, even though he knew that his local rivers were much better than…
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The New Politics on Facebook
This graphic came up in my Facebook sidebar this morning: I have to say, I’m not so sure.