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  • Liturgical Instruction Video for Sunday morning

    Watch and learn… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqZNfliBqGE&feature=relmfu

  • Canon Law

    We had such a good evening discussing Canon Law at the Cathedral’s gay group on Monday evening. Presumably all churches have evenings like this. Canon Law is more often talked about than referred to. In this case, we were looking at Canon 31 which is the canon about marriage. There are quite a few interesting…

  • Creative morning coming up

    The intention today is to spend a creative morning looking at upcoming issues of inspires, the magazine of the Scottish Episcopal Church. I’m trying to apply a broad theme to the magazines at the moment and so far as I can tell this seems to be appreciated by the readers. Upcoming themes are Journey/Pilgrimage/Place, The…

  • Opera Review – David et Jonathas

    This review should appear at Opera Britannia shortly. Les Arts Florissants – Edinburgh Festival – 17 August 2012 Rating: This production of Charpentier’s biblical epic is a showcase for some exquisite vocal work which is delivered despite an incoherent dramatic interpretation which does nothing to aid a modern appreciation of the work at hand. From…

  • Vile, vile, vile

    Oh, vile was the journey home from Edinburgh last night. Every now and then there is hand wringing about how few the number of people are who make the trip over from Glasgow (city of light and beauty) to Edinburgh (town of dark pleasures and dug-up roads) for arts events in the Edinburgh festival. Indeed,…

  • Opera Review

    The following review should appear soon at Opera Britannia. Rating: Janáček’s strange opera The Makropulos Case is a curious mix of psychological horror and puzzling fantasy. Who is the central character Emilia Marty and what gives her so much knowledge of the affairs of others? Opera North’s new production is a stirring attempt to showcase…

  • Another Argument for Marriage

    I recently posted a link to a piece by a Labour MP about how he was planning to support moves towards Equal Marriage. Shortly after I posted that, someone kindly drew my attention to another piece by and MP that is worth a read, this time from a Conservative. Take a look at this, and…

  • Dream

    Had this weird dream involving Eric Idle, rollerblading nuns and some morris dancers. Oh, wait a minute…..

  • Review: Leaving Alexandria: A Memoir of Faith and Doubt – Richard Holloway

    Here’s my review of Bishop Richard’s book which recently appeared in inspires: It is hard these days to engage with the media of the chattering classes without encountering Richard Holloway. He who was once merely our Primus has become the darling of the exasperated folk for whom the church is no longer a vehicle for…

  • Sermon preached on Sunday 5 August 2012

    Here’s what I said on Sunday. I ask you. Which sounds more fun – the fleshpots of Egypt or wandering aimlessly in the desert? It is not hard to have some sympathy with the children of Israel. Moses and Aaron have led them away from a life which was unfair though one which was mundane…