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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…
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A Hymn for the Feast of the Transfiguration
Hey! Let me know you You’re all that matters to me Hey! Let me show you You’re all that matters to me Hey! Let me love you You’re all that matters to me (Oh come on) Hey! So come on yeah See the light on your face Let it shine, just let it shine Shine…
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Seen on the way to the cathedral
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Sermon preached on 4 August 2013
I used to work in a church with murals. Well one mural. It wasn’t this church and it wasn’t these glorious murals. It was somewhere else entirely. (By which I mean Edinburgh). Throughout the late fifties, the sixties and early seventies, a sustained period of liturgical reform had happened. The altar had been pulled away…
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Five Years Ago
I was reminded yesterday that it is five years since St Mary’s hosted its first Civil Partnership Blessing. So, congratulations to Colin and Robbie pictured above. Theirs was not the first such ceremony that I officiated at but it was the first in the building and the fifth anniversary of that is worth marking with…
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Sermon preached earlier on Mary and Martha
I preached this a couple of weeks ago but forgot to post it here too. So, there I was, walking down Whitehall on holiday a few days ago. I had a ticket for the theatre in my pocket and I was in a hurry to get to the show. And I was thinking those happy…
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Lammastide
Today is Lammas Day – Scotland’s traditional first fruits of the harvest day. Here’s a Lammas Sermon from a couple of years ago.
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What the Pope said was depressing not liberating
Here’s what the Pope said today according to the BBC: Pope Francis said gay clergymen should be forgiven and their sins forgotten. “The Catechism of the Catholic Church explains this very well,” Pope Francis said in a wide-ranging 80-minute long interview with Vatican journalists. “It says they should not be marginalised because of this but…