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Priest Idol
This documentary on Channel 4 is very wearisome. Too many pantomime characters. Too much like real life.
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Counting them in
Tomorrow is the day that Episcopal churches count the number of people at services. You have to be there to be counted. Tomorrow there is also a Big Sing at the church of St Peter and St Mildred, Linlithgow – starts 6 pm.
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Spitting Icicles
Two consultations exercises today. This morning I was in Edinburgh taking part in a discussion about what General Synod is for. (Polite answers on a postcard or in comments or e-mails). How to connect General Synod with local congregations? Which is the primary entity in the Christian church, the province/nation, the diocese, the charge (multiple…
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Schismatic
I don’t usually comment about the "crisis" in the Anglican Communion on this blog – I’ve other outlets for that kind of debate.However, I am astonished by the events of the last couple of weeks. Up until now I’ve assumed that most people really did want the Anglican churches to stick together, however hard that…
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Bertie
I’ve just received a copy of Bertie – how exciting.The correct name of the book is "Scottish Episcopal Clergy 1689 – 2000" and it is the definitive work on SEC members of the clergy. The clergy biographies are interesting (my own is slightly inaccurate) but even more interesting is a brief history of each of…
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Sermon – 13 November 2005 (Remembrance Sunday)
Rather than preach as I usually do this morning, I am going to talk you on a journey that I made last week – a walk in London when I was on holiday down there last weekend. A little pilgrimage, if you like. We will start in on of the churches that I was visiting…
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Sing along now
We are a gentle angry people And we are singing for our lives We are a gentle angry people And we are singing, singing for our lives. (Holly Near)
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Feast Day
Martin of Tours today. I found myself cheek by jowl with some of his relics a couple of years ago. Bits of jawbone. At the time, it was kind of moving, but right now it seems kind of odd. After all that has been done to my jawbone, I rather hope mine is kept as…
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Organ delivery
A certain amount of excitement today as the new organ is installed in St Saviour’s. It is a 20 stop digital instrument from Wyvern. Things would have been simpler if the roof were not leaking above the organ chamber. However the organ is in church and will be used on Sunday. The temporary instrument is…
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Tilly and I are both back home, she from her stay in Cat Prison, me from my trip to London.Highlights included:…actually sleeping on the Sleeper….meeting and hearing Bishop Gene. He is a powerful evangelist and most impressive speaker….three nights at the theatre….the Wallace Collection on a wet Monday afternoon….sashaying through Covent Garden last night whilst…