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Richard Holloway has a go at the questions the Tsunami raises in an article in the Herald.The full url is http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/30782-print.shtml

In yesterday's sermon, I made mention of an article about the Tsunami that Rowan Williams wrote for o­ne of the newspapers. It was the Telegraph, which I've heard o­ne bemitred o­ne call the Banner of Truth. I contrasted the article (which concluded that these things have happened before but that faith survives them) with the headline…

1 – Become young and skinny 2 – Become Prime Minister 3 – Double the congregation

Just finished The Line of Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst's Booker winner. He does have a capacity to capture with such wistful longing, situations which seem so unattractive in the cold light of day. The mark of a true stylist, I suppose.Well, that having been completed over the last couple of days, I guess that I had better turn…

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying the rerun of the Singing Detective on BBC4 this week. I’ve never seen it before – either I didn’t have a television when it was first on or I was not interested then. Last 2 episodes tonight.

If I don’t seem to be responding to e-mail stimulus, it is because my ISP is having trouble delivering them to me.

Midnight Mass tonight at 2315. Mulled wine. Carols. Choir. Candlelight. Communion at midnight. All the works. All welcome.

It is simply not true that having blogged about the Advent Antiphons I am now going to turn my attention to the 12 days of Christmas. The mystical significance of that partridge in its pear tree will have to remain veiled this year.