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  • The Best Questions in the World

    We offer a course at St Mary’s every now and then called the God Factor. You may have heard me mention it. It works like lots of church courses in that folk gather around food and have a conversation. In our case we gather around the best pizzas in town which come from just across…

  • On not giving up social media

    Like Mother Ruth, I was pondering yesterday a number of people who have decided to give up social media for Lent. It strikes me as a very odd thing to do. On the one hand, I suppose I can see that sometimes religious people feel the need to withdraw from the world for a time…

  • Pancakes

    Don’t forget, it is your Christian duty to eat up as many pancakes as you can by midnight. The pancake recipe that you have lost can be found here: pancake recipe

  • On not shaking hands – Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Law

    This morning, I heard that the President of Uganda has signed into law the anti-gay law that there has been such a huge amount of discussion about. The law itself has become iconic. It is almost the definitive answer to what draconian anti-gay legislation looks like. The Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Law brings in terrible punishments for…

  • Love your church minister

    No – not me. Well, you can if you like. But more an invitation to head over to Malcolm Round’s blog and read a post that he wrote a couple of weeks ago which has now been read by thousands of people, being copied and referenced all over the web. Malcolm has really hit a…

  • Rectorial Election – Glasgow University

    For the last couple of weeks I’ve been a candidate in the elections to choose a Rector for the University of Glasgow. The position of Rector in the older universities in Scotland is a venerable tradition. The students get to elect the person who chairs the University Court and acts as their representative at the…

  • Sermon – 16 February 2014

    Here’s the sermon that I preached this week. I always like a difficult gospel to try to do something with. This week the gospel was Matthew 5: 21-37 This is one of those gospel passages that just makes some people groan and turn off. It seems at face value as though we serve a moralising…

  • A Form of Benediction for Married Persons

    Well, the change in the law last week makes quite a difference for clergy in the Scottish Episcopal Church. Oh, I know that you don’t think it makes any difference unless the Scottish Episcopal Church opts into the legislation to allow same-sex couples to get married but that’s where you are wrong. You see, for…

  • When you see a rainbow

    Here’s the Moment of Reflection that I gave on Radio 2 yesterday. There it was in the sky – clear and bright. Arching right over the Scottish Parliament on Tuesday just as gay marriage was being agreed by parliamentarians. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet – a perfect rainbow stretching across the sky. It…

  • Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill Passes by 105 to 18!

    The Marriage and Civil Partnership Bill has just passed in the Scottish Parliament by 105 votes to 18. I’ve watched the debate all through this afternoon. It is difficult to put into words what it feels like. As I was growing up, I never knew what I never heard. You don’t know what you are…