What is in Kelvin's Head?

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  • Polling Day

    Voted!

  • St Columba's Day

    St Kelvin’s Day too. I celebrated my sixth anniversary as a priest today.

  • Voting

    “No, I’m not voting on Thursday – there is no point. It makes not difference anyway. I cannot think of any reason to vote at all.” Is the threat of far-right parties taking seats not reason enough for anyone?

  • Hoodwinked

    Yesterday was Trinity Sunday and so we sang St Patrick’s Breastplate in church. Unfortunately, I was hoodwinked by a modern hymn book which missed out the following verse – Against all Satan’s spells and wiles, Against false words of heresy, Against the knowledge that defiles, Against the heart’s idolatry, Against the wizard’s evil craft, Against…

  • Dogs and Cats

    I had to explain to a couple of the younger servers a fortnight ago why I am more welcoming to dogs at divine worship than cats. At the time I illustrated this with a story about a priest that I knew whose dog acted as a server at the mass – patiently sitting on one…

  • Church Times Adverts

    Two adverts in the Church Times have caught my eye. Both from the Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness.Firstly, this: THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLANDA rare opportunity for NSM/Retired PriestHouse for DutyRectory adjacent to church set in idyllic location, o­nly10 minutes from Inverness.The views are some of the finest in Scotland.Secondly this: DIOCESE OF MORAY, ROSS…

  • Fuel Protests

    These fuel protesters seem able to get the government to say whatever they like. It cannot be good for the country in the long run to have taxation decided by lorry drivers and the “countryside” lobby.

  • Vocation

    I remember when I was going through a rather long selection procedure for the priesthood a question coming up about photocopiers. I had been asked about what priests do and had given some reply about the priest standing at the altar week by week and being an icon of God's love. Or something. The rather…

  • Electricity

    You just never know whether there is going to be electricity in Bridge of Allan these days.

  • Copyright

    It is strange that copyright rules vary so much from one side of the Atlantic to another. I have been trying to buy some sheet music from the US online. Anything written before 1923 is regarded in the US as being in the public domain – in the EU it is to do with 70…