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Bible Study – Turning Over a New Fig Leaf
We had a good bible study last night at the LGBT group here at St Mary’s. I thought I’d post the basic questions here and see whether people wanted to have a go at answering them here too. First of all we read most of Genesis Chapter 2. (You can find the text at the…
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Sermon – the Maker, Troublemaker, Peacemaker
Here’s what I said on Sunday in the pulpit about that tricky gospel reading. Not peace, but a division Sometimes one reads the Gospel in church and everyone nods knowingly. You can tell that people think that what is being said is wise and good. When we tell the story of the Good Samaritan, perhaps.…
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Our newest priest
Great to be with Kate Reynolds as she was priested today in Old St Paul’s. Congratulations to her and to the congregation.
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Friday Reading List
Here are the most interesting things I’ve read this week. Kids can’t use computers – The plaintive cry of someone who can. due for revision – Kimberly Bohan riff off the ten commandments and asks what we should really be teaching people Rowan Williams wonders whether it could all have been different.
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Let’s hear it for Our Lady. (And for J Paul Getty)
Let’s hear it for our Lady on this the Feast of the Assumption. Here’s a gorgous pic of her being crowned in heaven. And, let’s hear it for the J Paul Getty museum which has just decided to make a very significant collection of images, including the one above, available under an Open Content Programme.…
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Fidelio – Opera de Lyon – Edinburgh International Festival
This review should appear at Opera Britannia in due course. Star Date: 12 August 2013 Festival Theatre, Edinburgh Rating: There are many areas of human endeavour where we must applaud glorious failure. Better, surely, that risks are taken than that we make do forever with the urbane and the familiar. The trouble is, when it…
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To Russia with Love
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We are marching in the light of God
So proud of St Mary’s folk and friends yesterday. A very happy Pride parade through the streets of Glasgow giving out invitations to the Cathedral and generally having fun. A whole rainbow of people connected to the congregation made it onto the street including church wardens, vestry members, young church folk, readers, LGBT group members…
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Guess what I’m doing today…
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Herald Article: Pride and Frustration
This article appeared in the Herald newspaper today. I will be joining the Pride Glasgow march this weekend with mixed feelings – pride at how much has been achieved and concern at how much that needs to be done. I’ll be marching with hopes high that before Pride comes around next year, the Scottish Parliament…