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High Church and Informal
Someone coming out of church on Sunday who isn’t a regular at St Mary’s said to me, “That was great – exactly what I like – high church and informal”. I was pleased that the person had understood what we are trying to do. High church and informal is precisely one of the ways in…
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Yesterday’s Baptisms
Yesterday was the Feast of Christ the King – and that meant a lovely baptism service of a pair of twins. Here’s how it went: Unbridled joy.
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Hail Bright Cecilia – patron of musicians
Hail Bright Cecilia on this her feast day. Thank God for musicians everywhere. Alleluia. Amen.
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Parliamentary Victory and Interview on Scotland Tonight
I was glued to my computer last night watching the debate from the Scottish Parliament on introducing the legislation that will one day soon, allow same-sex couples to get married. It is difficult to describe what it was like watching it. In touch with others on twitter, I was aware of a certain amount of…
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“Marriage is a sacrament”
Here’s the third and final video that I’ll be posting this week from the collection of equal marriage campaign videos. It is Jaye and Ruth who are a married couple who are members of St Mary’s. They had to travel to South Africa to get married. They’ve been very much some of the most visible…
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This is a church for everybody
Yesterday I reposted the It’s Time video from the equality network which features a 1 second cameo of me waving a sign. They filmed that over a year ago and as they collected those sign-waving people – religious leaders, celebs, couples, politicians etc they also asked them in front of the camera why they were…
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It’s Time for a Vote
This week we get to a significant point in the campaign for more equal marriage law in Scotland. On Wednesday there will be a vote in the parliament at Holyrood. Whilst there has been a lot of pre-scrutiny of the legislation and a long political process already, this is the first time that members of…
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The Christian Year and Social Media
I do love the way that the Christian Year is becoming more important to Christians because of social media. When I check my facebook and twitter feeds in a morning I can be pretty sure that there will be something there which relates to what season or more likely what day we have got to…
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Samuel Seabury Day – God Bless America
When I walked into Grace Cathedral in San Francisco last year to begin a three week visit as part of my sabbatical, I was hugely struck by this scene that was one of the large murals on the right hand wall of the nave. It is a scene that takes place in Scotland – the…
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Keep the Cone
I’m firmly cone positive and this video goes some way to demonstrating why. (For those out of town, see here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-24907190)