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Mr Provost’s Finest Reindeer Receipt
Roughly chop a leek, couple of slices of bacon and as many cloves of garlic as you dare. Heat a frying pan to a sizzle and fling the leek, bacon and garlic in, closely followed by the reindeer steaks. After five minutes turn the steaks over and scoop the leek/pig/garlic into another pan. Heat this…
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Christmas Day Sermon 2012
Many of you will be aware that I recently have returned from a big sabbatical trip to churches in Canada and the United States. I was there to learn and reflect and grow and I did that by making contact with the most interesting folk I could find in church life on the other side…
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Midnight Mass Sermon 2012
I don’t know whether you are ready. I do know that this year, for me, the cumulative effects of coming back from sabbatical just recently and then succumbing to one of the nasty bugs that has been going around the city at the end of last week, has meant that my pre-Christmas rush this year…
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What’s on your church website right now?
Just a gentle reminder that people are looking for church services and Christmas events to go to right now. (Yes, right this minute. Today. Really.) It is worth asking what they will find if they go to your church website. One of the things that astonished me last Christmas was hearing people at St Mary’s…
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Carols at the Tron
The Presbytery of Glasgow are having a Carol Service in St George’s Tron on Sunday afternoon. Details below —————————– Please support this if you are able. From the Presbytery Clerk of Glasgow. I am pleased to say that a Presbytery Carol Service will be held in St George’s Tron Church of Scotland, Buchanan Street on…
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Single? …a reminder
Just a reminder of the post I put up a couple of years ago about How to be Single at Christmas. Oh, and in case anyone is wondering what I’m eating for Christmas dinner, let’s just say that Lidl’s promotion of Rudolph Steaks is very welcome in Praepostorial Towers.
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The Provost’s Forum: Sabbatical Stories
Here’s the video from a special Provost’s Forum that I held after the Eucharist today. The topic was my recent sabbatical trip to Canada and the USA. Cedric Blakey was interviewing me and passing on questions from members of the congregation. Good fun to do and a great set of questions. Sorry the audio is…
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A Prayer for Sandy Hook Elementary School, Newtown, Connecticut
Eternal God, hear your diverse people as a world unites in prayer and compassion for the people of Newtown Connecticut. We pray for all involved in the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Bless with your kindness those who speak to the broken-hearted. Bless the teachers, paramedics, medical staff and police with courage, skill and…
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Scottish Government’s proposals for Marriage
The Scottish Government has published its proposals for amending marriage law in Scotland. There are one or two surprises too as they are going to try to amend some of the bits of law that apply to straight couples getting married. I didn’t see those changes coming and they are likely to be a bit…
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The Marriage Business
The time has come for Church of England clergy to show us what they are made of. The government has decided that the Church of England (and, bizarrely the Church in Wales) is to be banned from opting into the legislation permitting same-sex couples to get married. Those who are clergy who are supportive of…