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  • Jazz Mass Sermon

    Here is the sermon that I preached at the Jazz Mass on Sunday. It is preceded by a fanfare organ improvisation from Frikki Walker, to get me up into the pulpit, which if I'm not mistaken was based on a song from Michael Jackson's Bad album. Here is the text: Can I say how wonderful…

  • Last week's sermon

    Here is last week's sermon – I've got myself behind in uploading things. Here is the text: The gospel reading can be read in two ways. Well, at least two ways, I dare say that there are more. I'm going to describe them to you and I want you to think about which comes most…

  • Stonewall – Forty Years On

    It is 40 years since the Stonewall riots which kickstarted the modern gay human rights movement. In forty years, things have changed a great deal though there is lots to do yet. I was asked this week if I would go to Edinburgh to speak at Pride Scotia, the annual Scottish Gay Pride march and…

  • Jazz Mass

    We are doing a jazz mass on Sunday morning at St Mary’s. Full choir, jazz piano, bass and drums. 1030 am. All welcome. You just want to be there, don’t you?

  • Speaking to the Proud throng

    I feel very privileged to have received an invitation to speak to the crowd at tomorrow’s Pride Scotia march in Edinburgh. That means that I will be speaking unto the crowd at 1230 ish from the upper-deck of an open topped bus outside the City Chambers in Edinburgh. Scottish Episcopalians who want to join the…

  • Twitter and the Church

    I remember a couple of year’s ago taking out my laptop at General Synod and starting to blog. “You’re doing what?” shrieked the incredulous crowd. Well, actually, the crowd in synod was not terribly interested though the crowd beyond the synod hall was fascinated. Actually it was Mother Ruth who shrieked in derision, though not…

  • Being an Inclusive Church

    One of the main themes emerging from this year’s Scottish General Synod was the issue of inclusion. I’ve mentioned before the phenomena of getting just about any group of Scottish Episcopalians together and asking them what our church is about. The answers are always the same – good worship and being an inclusive church. (Interestingly,…

  • West End Festival

    I hasted to Kelvingrove (bonnie lassie-o) yesterday afternoon for the big event of the West End Festival. The park was looking lovely in the sun. Actually, I hasted to Kelvingrove (bonnie lassie-o) twice. I went down once in my dog collar to smile and nod my way through the crowd and speak to people on…

  • New Primus Elected

    The Rt Rev David Chillingworth who blogs at http://www.bishopdavid.net/ has been elected as Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church. I think he probably becomes the first blogger to become a primate in the Anglican Communion. Congratulations to Bishop David and best wishes for the next part of his journey

  • Three Minutes to Synod on What is Mission for Scottish Episcopal Church

    I was given 3 minutes to speak at Synod on the Misison of the SEC. This is what I said. We need two strands of missionary activity – firstly building local congregations where people who would never expect to discover God can find that they are already welcome and are already loved and secondly, the…