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  • Letterbox Poison

    I was disturbed to get a free lifestyle magazine through the letterbox containing a poisonous article about immigration and assylum seekers. Indeed, I was so angry about it this morning that I have been o­n to the Scottish Refugee Council. The sad thing was that I was o­nly the second person to call them about…

  • Pickets

    There was a strike in the University of Stirling today. This led me to question whether as a Chaplain I should cross the picket line or join it. In the end, it did not matter as the pickets had dispersed before I got there. The last time I faced this dilemma, the pickets did a…

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  • Parliament Costs Up Again

    It is so hard to understand how the costs of the Holyrood parliament building appear to be rising again. One thing I do know is that it is bad for the politics business in general. It is hard for people to have confidence in decision makers who have presided over all of this. I am…

  • Pancake Receipt

    Ingredients:100g plain flourpinch of salt2 large heggs200 ml milk75 ml water50g melted butterMethod:SieveWhizzFry

  • Sermon – 22 February 2004

    I am Joseph. Is my father still alive? We are allowed just one snippet of Joseph?s saga before Lent begins and it is the bit where he reveals himself to his brothers. ?I am Joseph? and reveals his longing for news of home. ?Is my father still alive??

  • Satire Round Up

    Time for a round up of church satire o­nline.The Frankly Unfriendly Catholics are well represented o­n the net with their page – linked hereThe Most Holy Church of Rockall – Autocephalous and Autocratic since AD 50 has a splendid picture o­n its website – linked here. They also have an up to date news service…

  • Phew

    Phew – well, that is Edinburgh sorted, thank goodness. I was doing a repeat of the workshop on sexuality that I did in St Saviour’s just before Christmas. I am always surprised that people have never thought that there are some very different ways of decision making – different ethical moods – at work in…

  • Missionary Position

    In addition to working at the University of Stirling today, I'm going to Edinburgh o­n missionary service. The people there need someone to teach them about human sexuality you see.1730 in the Cornerstone Bookshop. Be there or know nothing!More details o­n this poster

  • Shrove Tuesday

    It occurred to me yesterday that the Shrove Tuesday thing in the supermarkets really is strange. The idea of pancake day was to use up all your eggs before Lent. Now we are encouraged to buy all the ingredients in order to use them up again. The genius of late western capitalism frying in a…