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Postcard to Rowan
Dear Rowan, wondered whether it had occurred to you that if you give an interview in one country, these days, it will probably be picked up in another country. Take this interview that you’ve given to the Telegraph this weekend. Did you have any regrets? Oh yes, not going to the USA to deal with…
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Deaconings and Priestings
I’m sadly unable to be in St Mary’s this weekend for one of the most significant moments in the year – five people are being ordained at a special service on Saturday afternoon. These are moments that people remember for the whole of their lives. My exuberant good wishes to all those being ordained. Some…
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Installation/Institution
For the next three months, I’m on sabbatical from St Mary’s, enjoying the freedom that Bishop Gregor and the congregation have given me to think and reflect and grow. The last formal thing that I did as Provost of St Mary’s before sabbatical time started was to go to the start of a new ministry…
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Online reading
Here’s some on-line reading. The Doctrine Committee of the Scottish Episcopal Church published an essay earlier this year on Marriage and Human Intimacy. This is available now online for the first time along with the other previous essays which they have written. There was a mini-brouhaha on twitter when one or two people actually read…
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New Provosting
There’s a new provosting tonight in Oban and I’m carefully packing the Cope of Glory. There’s certainly a sense of purpose and excitement about the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles these days. [Trivia point – the definite article in the name of the diocese is capitalised for the Episcopal diocese of Argyll and The…
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Tuesday Update
Tuesday: Useful comment article by Colette Douglas Home in today’s Herald, on the Roman Catholic Church’s position on #equalmarriage: http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/columnists/core-message-of-christianity-is-one-of-love-and-forbearance.18704767 Includes good key quotes from Sunday’s sermon and this: [Kelvin Holdsworth] welcomed gay Christians to the service and discovered, not surprisingly, that his congregation had increased. A senior Catholic source reportedly accused him of “incendiary…
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New article in Herald
There’s a new article in the Herald newspaper today reporting on yesterday’s sermon and service at St Mary’s. It is prominently placed, with a nice big pic of me in the pulpit on the front page. I’d probably have preferred a different headline (they are never written by the reporters themselves) but the article is…
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Sermon preached on 26 August 2012
Here’s what I said this morning: Jesus said, This is the bread that came down from heaven, not like that which your ancestors ate, and they died. But whoever eats this bread will live forever. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. I was trying to think…
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One Giant Leap
News this morning of Neil Armstrong’s death will make anyone who remembers the moon-landings immediately turn back in their minds to that extraordinary event. I find myself able (just able) to join them. The landings are the first event that I can date which I have any memory of. I particularly remember my parents waking…
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An Invitation
Update – this blog post is featured in an article in the Herald newspaper. I think it is appropriate to post on this blog the invitation that I shared with the congregation last weekend. We are currently living through a period of social change, as the Scottish Government finalizes its plans to allow same-sex couples…