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I'm just about to go to a meeting about the eco-congregation project with our local Green Apostle. The Green Apostle in question led a great Nature Walk last Sunday for members of the congregation. 14 people turned up and had a wonderful hour looking for the holy at Doune Ponds. I am in awe of how…

I remember someone o­nce saying a little unkindly of Richard Holloway (the retired Bishop of Edinburgh) that he never had an unpublished thought. Blogging can seem to be a bit like that. A whole new culture which will affect some of the things that I care about very much, for example, both politics and religion.…

The greatest achievement of this summer has been to finish Midnight's Children by Salman Rushdie. I've taken this book o­n holiday for the last four or five years and never got very far with it. The problem was the first few pages. I would read them and then stop in wonderment at the writing, put the…

I laughed a lot when I saw this week's front page of  Anglicans o­nline – they note that there is more in the KJV of the Bible about unicorns than about homosexuality.

Went to Edinburgh today. Saw the new Paolozzi windows in St Mary's Cathdral. Perhaps they will grow o­n me with time, but today I found them quite hard to enjoy. Much more moving was the YWCA installation beneath the windows. 104 pairs of women's shoes with messages from the owners from every part of Scottish life, supporting an…

Someone has e-mailed me to ask what this blog is all about and who it is aimed at. I suppose it is about me! As for whom it is aimed at, I am not sure. Whoever wants to read it, I suppose. Already, I know that some members of the congregation have had a look…

The computer that I use for generating music for Sunday services sometimes, is breaking down. We cannot complain as it cost just ?10 last year. I am going to appeal to the congregation for an old computer to replace it. I could have a broken computer mountain on my hands before the end of the…

Second posting. I’m trying to get my head around the postnuke cms system in order to use it as a blog. How clever it all is, I just wish I could use it properly. The colours on this page are all of a muddle and I don’t seem to be able to fix it at…

I baptised a child today. As usual, the child was as good as gold and I ended up with a wet elbow. People cluck in an approving manner when I manage to hold babies and they don’t cry. The only sure rule that I have learned us not to turn them upside down. They don’t…