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History of Scotland gig – Stirling Castle
Went last night to Stirling Castle, representing the Scottish Episcopal Church, for the launch of a BBC Scotland TV series on the History of Scotland which begins tonight. The Great Hall of Stirling Castle is one of the great places of that nation. I love it. Even lit badly and with TV gantries strewn across…
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Result!
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Keeping the Feasts
I’ve always had something of a penchant for keeping the festivals of the Christian year with a certain amount of panache. This weekend, at which we have celebrated All Saints and All Souls has been my kind of weekend. By gently nudging a number of events together on one weekend, we had the most extraordinary…
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The Secret Marriage – Scottish Opera
Hands up how many people know the Secret Marriage and can whistle some of the tunes. I thought so; only those who have been working on it with Scottish Opera recently. Yet the strange thing is, as one sits there in the dress circle tapping one’s smile in time with the music, one has the…
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Clash of cultures
Just back from our diocesan clergy conference. It was just 24 hours, which was not long enough for me. Although I find myself resenting having to rearrange my diary, I know that on these occassions, the thing that matters most is meeting people and there was not quite enough time for me to feel that…
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Deck the hair…
The hairdressing salon in which the praepostorial hair is trimmed has its Christmas tree up. And bedecked. Already! Harumph, harumph, harumph.
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How bad can it get?
This dreary sentence appeared today in my Facebook Profile: “Last week you were viewed for dating 2 times and no people expressed interest in you.” How bad can it get?
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There is probably no God…
There is a report in today’s Evening News suggesting that atheists in Edinburgh are looking into the possibility of buying advertising space on Edinburgh’s buses. This is apparently following the lead of Richard Dawkins who is sponsoring such ads in London. I remember that when I was in TISEC, we had a speaker who was…
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Sermon 19 October 2008
They must really have thought that they had got him at last. “Teacher, we know that you are sincere” they said. (I bet he knew they were up to something by their tone of voice). “Is it lawful to pay taxes to the Emperor or not?”. Some people are just too clever for their own…
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Knitting Group
The details of the first meeting of the St Mary’s Knitting Group will be announced tomorrow. Opinion is divided as to what it should be called. Should it be the Knitting Madonnas or should it be styled Knitting You, Knitting Me? It is fairly obvious who our patron is going to be, isn’t it?