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What I'm listening to
Between the Mountain and the Moon by Luka Bloom – jazzy folk sounds coming from the Celtic mist. Track 4 very gooey.Fire, Sleet and Candlelight by Coope Boyes and Simpson and others. Miserere – Allegri – kindly bought by someone who looked at my wish list
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Sermon – 18 September 2005
I ask you. Which sounds more fun ? the fleshpots of Egypt or wandering aimlessly in the desert? It is not hard to have some sympathy with the children of Israel. Moses and Aaron have led them away from a life which was unfair though one which was mundane and familiar. And they have led…
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History
To Holy Trinity, Stirling this evening for a private view of their upcoming exhibition which is on this weekend. They have a lot of connections with the military and have researched many of the memorials.It was a thoughtful display which had some reflection on the way that religious people have thought about military service in…
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University
Walking across the campus of the University of Stirling before 9 o'clock in the morning in Freshers' Week is an opportunity for quiet reflection. You can almost hear the grass grow and can certainly hear it being eaten by the rabbits.There is a sense that everyone has been unable to face the day due for…
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Taiz? Prayer
Down to St Peter’s (& St Mildred’s) Linlithgow on Sunday evening for very enjoyable Taiz? prayer service. It is a lovely church. It is small and with everyone sitting under a dome, has a distinctly orthodox feel. It is also purple. Ruth and the congregations there were in good form and sang very well. They…
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Sermon – 11 September 2005
One of the things that modern life is teaching us is to pay attention to our own thoughts and feelings when we read a text. This week, we have read the story of the waves crashing down on the Egyptians after the Jewish people had hotfooted it to safety. Is it possible to read this…
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Everything must go
From the Brechin diocesan website: “Saturday, August 20. 11 am – 4 pm. Grand “Everything Must Go” Jumble Sale at St Salvador’s, Dundee.” Everything must go? At St Salvador’s? Really?
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Intimations
Here are the intimations: 1 I am going to Linlithgow on Sunday evening to lead an evening of Taiz? worship. (Though only 1 hour, not all night). Starts 6 pm at St Peter’s (formerly St Mildred’s) Episcopal Church. 2 There will be a chance to practise the Taiz? chants at 2030 on Thursday evening at…
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Sermon – 4 September 2005
As we read the story of the Jewish passover this morning, we face the immediate recognition that this is a story of a people about to be evacuated from one place to another. The Jewish people stopped on their last night in slavery before making their run for it, through the red sea, as we…
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Websites
Here are some websites I've been enjoying this week…www.magnatune.com (Excellent downloadable free music – esp the orthodox singing)www.csszengarden.com (Because I've been working on a big new website for someone and needed distracting from it. This – http://www.csszengarden.com/?cssfile=/176/176.css&page=0 just took my breath away. The new website I'm doing is not nearly so complex, though it is a…