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Government Consultation response from LGBT Group
The LGBT Group at St Mary’s met on 18 February to prepare its response to the current Scottish Government consultation on the bill that it is proposing to bring in on allowing changes to marriage law in Scotland including allowing same-sex couples to be able to be marriage. In case anyone is interested, here is…
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Sermon preached for Lent 1, 2013
Here’s the video. And here is the text: One of my favourite stories about St Mary’s is one that I’ve heard several versions of. It concerns one of my predecessors as Provost here. He had been here for a couple of months and thought that things were going OK. And then suddenly a letter appeared…
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So, let me get this right…
Let me be sure I’ve understood this. From sometime next year or the year after, a gay couple will be able to get a Civil Partnership, then come to a Scottish Episcopal Church for a blessing from a Scottish Episcopal priest, make promises to one another, exchange rings, have them blessed, sing hymns and have…
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Cracked Love
I get the feeling that this love heart, spotted in a local baker’s window conveys certain truths that it was not intended to convey.
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All may, none must, some should.
The title of this post indicates the teaching that many Anglicans/Episcopalians would give to people when asked what Anglican teaching about the sacrament of confession is. It isn’t defined anywhere I don’t think though the practise of the church and canon law back it up. Ash Wednesday seems to me to be an appropriate day…
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The 10 Commandments of Using Images on Church Websites
1 – Thou shalt remember that a burning candle is not the only image of all that is holy and all that is true. 2 – Thou shalt not put the vulnerable at risk by revealing their identity and location. 3 – Thou shalt remember when using pictures of people that the Lord thy God…
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Pancakes a-coming
My most successful blog post of all time is just about to get its annual boost. Always gets readers in the week running up to pancake day. Yes – it is the Provost’s Famous Pancake Recipe. Full instructions here: http://thurible.net/20040224/pancake_receipt/
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From Criminality to Equality
I think this is one of the moments in the debates on marriage where there’s more wisdom to be heard in one speech made well than in acres of newsprint trying to analyse the vote in the House of Commons last night. Here’s David Lammy giving it his all. Let me speak frankly. “Separate but…
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Go! England and Wales! Go! Go! Go!
It is a big day for those working towards more equal marriage law in the UK today. The second reading of the Bill which would allow gay couples to wed in England and Wales. I’ve been in touch with Ann McKechin my local MP to check she is supporting it and am delighted to report…
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Liturgical news
Here is the liturgical news from St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow yesterday. The Provost announced during morning service that the church is responsible for far too much condemnation in the world and far too few blessings. He and the Vice Provost then went on to offer the ancient Blessing of the Throats traditionally performed by holding…