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What people are looking for on my blog
The following search terms have brought people from search engines to the blog recently. spanish biretta (who, me?) bad typography (quite a common one – links to this post) how to baptise someone (better re-read this, I’m baptising on Sunday) managing queues at mcdonalds (no idea) bishop of argyll and the isles (I’ve let it…
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IDAHO today
Know what IDAHO is? I bet some blog viewers know what it is and quite a lot don’t. Its the International Day against Homophobia and its today (Monday). Here’s a quick video to get you in the mood. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4ctrB6SwBY&feature=player_embedded The UK has changed a lot for the better with regards to the law. However, the…
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Teaching
Off to teach a class in a school today. Remarkably, the first time I’ve been asked in all my ordained years. Usual topic, of course.
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All of the glory, none of the angst
Its Ascension Day today. (Its always a Thursday, you know). One of the best of the Feast Days to celebrate. All of the glory, none of the angst. Bishop Gregor is keeping it in St Mary’s tonight at 7.30. The music will include the lovely Little Organ Mass by Haydn.
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Sermon preached on 9 May 2010
Here is what I said yesterday – text to follow later.
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Hung!
Well, you heard it here first – I was predicting a hung parliament in January. Its not quite the result that I was hoping for, but I’m pleased that neither of the two larger parties can simply do as they like. So, what’s to come today? David Cameron says that Labour has lost its mandate…
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Bad PR
If Christian Aid think its clever to employ someone from a PR agency to sit typing a charity spam letter into my own blog contact form, then the only conclusion that I can draw is that they currently have more money than sense. As a motivating technique for trying to get me to get other…
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Election Thoughts
Very many clergy steer very clear of party politics and won’t say anything about it at all. That’s probably a reasonable strategy for the many but its never going to satisfy the few. Perhaps inevitably, I’m one of the few. I was a candidate at the last General Election, something that was known about and…
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On Holiday
I’m on holiday, by the way. If you are trying to get hold of me, I’ll be back in the office next Friday. I’m not reading e-mails for a week and any posts on here may or may not have been posted in advance. As I’m not available to provide entertainment and delight, you could…
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Sermon preached on 25 April – all about bishops
What with the reading being all about sheep and shepherds and with +Gregor being consecrated, it seemed like a good weekend to preach about the episcopate. Here's what I said: On Friday evening, this place was packed full with guests for the consecration of a new bishop. People had come from all over the diocese…