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Excellent Episcopal Profile
There is an excellent profile of our ex-Primus in the press this week. Don’t miss it. +Richard still has the capacity for saying things that make people think abut God, and I admire his capacity to say them so clearly. I heard him preach at a memorial service last week. He hasn’t lost that capacity…
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The Quality of Mercy
The compassionate release of the Lockerbie bomber is the story that everyone is talking about right now. I’ve been interested to listen to members of my own congregation discussing it. I’ve been aware of at least four responses within the congregation which have all been held with conviction. They are mutually contradictory That the “bomber”…
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Filming of the Glasgow Gospel
Two hours out of a busy week were given over to filming in the cathedral this afternoon. It was for a new production of The Glasgow Gospel taken from Jamie Stuart’s Glasgow Bible. As I have such an obvious grasp of the local vernacular (being a prized after-dinner speaker and raconteur in lallans) I was…
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LGBT GoMA Video
In the middle of the maelstrom of voices talking and shouting about sexuality in the Anglican Communion, some voices are seldom heard. In particular, gay people have found it difficult to be heard and indeed have in some cases been silenced despite repeated promises that they will be listened to. This video features members of…
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Glenalmond Fire
I gather that there has been a serious fire at Glenalmond, where the Scottish Episcopal Church’s Youth week is currently underway. I understand from twitter messages that no-one involved in the Youth Week is involved in any way. More news no doubt later.
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The Lament Question
Can anyone tell me why we perceive things that are sad and mournful as being beautiful? It seems such a very odd perception.
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Sunday's Lament
Quite a few people have asked me where the lament came from that I sang on Sunday. The answer is the it really comes from the New World being a William Billings composition. Well, that’s where it is from. I was singing my own internal recollection of hearing it on the Waterson’s album Sound, Sound…
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David's Lamentation – Sermon for 9 August 2009
The video camera ran out of memory this morning before it recorded the sermon, so I'm afraid I can only offer the text. However, before it ran out, it did record me singing David's Lamentation which came between the first two readings. A useful reminder that it is not only by listening to sermons that…
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Back from Camp
I was with the Scout’s last night at their International Jamboree at Auchengillan which is about 10 miles away from here. It is just beyond Milngavie and just, I think in the county of Stirling, which is why the Provost of Stirling was hosting a reception for visitors. [Note to foreign eyes, a Provost in…
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Assisted Suicide
You know, I find myself increasingly uneasy with the way that assisted suicide legal cases are being reported in the press. The tone of some of the reporting of Debbie Purdy’s legal case this week was triumphalist and as though she was some kind of freedom fighter. Whilst I do think that she has the…