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Pestilence and death
Fr Gareth announces that he is going to live in Cellardyke and within days, pestilence and death are reported there.Are we supposed to think there is no connection?
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Many thanks
Many thanks to the person who kindly bought me a few items off the wishlist.
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Pergolesi Vespers
Lovely devotions yesterday evening. Two Bridge of Allan folk decided to sing Pergolesi’s Stabat Martyr and we decided to build an evening service for Passiontide around it. The music was utterly beautiful.
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Sunday Sermon – Lent 5 2006
As we make our progress towards the cross, this year we are reading on Sunday from John’s gospel. And John is the one who always tries to unpack what it all means. The other gospel writers give us a good old story, but John had a bit more time to reflect on things and he…
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Smoking Ban
I had an unexpected call from a journalist friend last night, who was asking for a comment on a story that at first I did not believe. It seems that there has been some kind of mistake made in the legislation on banning smoking in Scotland. Aparently, smoking has now become compulsory in church.Anyway, there…
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Things we have learned this month
Lawrence has been under the watchful eye of Noel TredinnickChristine wants to take blogging into the classroom David Campbell grew up with Samson and Goliath Richard celebrated Refreshment Sunday with great enthusiasm Gadgetvicar is a Thin Lizzy fanPoppy Chillingworth refuses to be confined Tim took photos of the partial solar eclipse Gareth has a cure for a sore bottom
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Rejected Ad
Want to see the United Church of Christ advert that has been rejected by the major TV channels in the US?Take a look here: http://rejectionhurts.com/ejectorpewfull/
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Politics of Pilgrimage
On a comment on the post about Walsingham, below, Joan said:Isn’t it possible that all devotion will be politicized if it is mediated through truths laid down in a book. The nature of such a text inevitably leads to argument for or against certain interpretations of the text. Wouldn’t it be nice if life were…
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Sermon – 26 March 2006
What shall we make of the Old Testament story this morning. (Numbers 21.4-9) What use is a story like this to us. There were snakes poisoning people. What the people believed was this – that if they did things which were bad, then bad things would happen to them. It is a belief as old…
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Blogging again
Alright, alright. I’m back blogging again. It has just been a very busy week.Off today on mini-pilgrimage with a member of St Saviour’s. We are going to Walsingham. Well, we are going to Paisley really – Walsingham is coming to us. There is an afternoon of contemplation and meditation and general holiness in the Holy…