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Revised Commenting Policy
I’ve posted something like this before but have had to add the final bullet point today. (And have today decided not to allow any further comments from the offender who caused me to add this last point. It seems to me that he has been warned enough). The following types of comments will be deleted…
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Equal Marriage – Questions people haven’t thought of #1
Here’s one for church folk and any passing ethicist. Suppose a couple get a civil partnership and they then have a service of blessing in an Episcopal Church – rings, promises, nuptial mass, the whole enchilada, with lovely prayers drawn from the Scottish Episcopal marriage liturgy. (As happens). Supposing that is all done with and…
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Any Questions on Marriage?
I’m going to be posting sometime over the next week a considered response to the announcement last week regarding marriage law reform in Scotland. (Note that I’m not calling it Equal Marriage yet as it seems to me to be a step in that direction but very definitely not yet a proposal for equality). I’ll…
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How to sleep on the sleeper
Did I mention that I came back from London on the sleeper? It remains my favourite way of travelling back from south to north as you can catch it after a night at the theatre. (In this case Democracy at the Old Vic). Generally I prefer to fly down and sleeper back. Here are my…
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Sermon preached on 22 July 2012
Here’s what I said on Sunday A number of years ago, when I was in my curacy, I was working in another Cathedral in Scotland. I was as interested in communications then as now and became convinced that we needed a clear corporate image, the better to represent ourselves to the world around us. Inevitably,…
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Scotland says “I do!”
News is just getting to me regarding the news that the Scottish Government has said that it will indeed legislate for gay couples to get hitched. I can’t help but feel immensely proud of all those who have come on board and made this the most positive campaign that I’ve ever been a part of.…
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At Number 10
There was something a little bit surreal about the party I went to last night. It was as though one was having a dream in which loads of great people were gathered in a beautiful garden. You started to recognise people from past struggles. Then all of a sudden someone stood on a small stage…
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It isn’t just Scotland, you know
It isn’t just Scotland where there are people getting excited about the possibility of marriage law being changed to be more equitable you know. Here’s a video of the Dean of St Alban’s speaking out for the cause down in Englandshire. Rather well, he does it too, I think. Now, when did you last hear…
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Never mind the quality, feel the width
Might it be that if we managed to do things just a little better in church, more people might turn up? Last week there was a significant report published for the Church in Wales as it considers the way forward. The picture is familiar – lots of buildings, aging congregations, clergy deployment issues etc. (Note…
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On being bought and sold
I happen to bank with Lloyds TSB and am just learning that the bank accounts that I hold with them are going to be transferred to the Co-operative when the various Lloyds TSB branches are sold, something that has just been announced this morning. I have to say I’m delighted. I’d rather bank with the…