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Pentecost Dress Code
Don’t forget now – if you are coming to St Mary’s on Sunday morning you are invited to wear your own national dress if you have it. We’re remembering the story of Pentecost – how the Spirit came upon the people of God in Jerusalem who were gathered from all parts of the world and…
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Fencing the Table
Now, Christians – wise up. I want some answers. I’d like to return to this question about what it is that entitles someone to receive communion. We had quite a chat about it when I asked whether one sacrament needed to come before another one. Lots of people seem to think this really matters a…
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Teaching for the Diocese
Oh, what a jolly afternoon yesterday, teaching a development session for folks from the diocese on how to use WordPress in general and the new Scottish Episcopal web template in particular. I’m not sure what it was that made me agree to the foolishness of such a teaching session on my first day back from…
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What was I reading on holiday?
Well, I’m just back from two week’s holiday and back to the soulface today. Have you missed me? I’ve spent two lovely weeks in the sun, sitting on a terrace in the South of France watching the view and reading. You want to know what I’ve been reading on holiday? Oh, thank you for asking.…
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Looking at the Covenant
Just a few weeks to go until the Scottish Episcopal Church’s General Synod. As usual I’m looking forward to it and trying to get my head around the things that we will be talking about. One of the big things on the agenda this year is a vote in principle on the Anglican Covenant. A…
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Tosca- Scottish Opera Review
Rating: This review appeared first at Opera Britannia Scottish Opera’s revival of Anthony Besch’s Tosca offers a rewarding evening, though not one without its problems. Vocally, this is a Tosca not to be missed. Unfortunately, most of the evening is marred by insensitive conducting and far too much noise from the pit. The production itself…
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She’s Still Singing
Oh, it isn’t over yet, you know. Our Lady is still singing for joy over the Easter Triumph yet. 50 days of unremitting joy were announced on Easter Day. Storms and hail and mid-May snow are not going to stop us. Here’s a wee video of the way in which we keep the Feast around…
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St Matthias
It is St Matthias’s day today. He isn’t someone whom we tend to make much of. We don’t preach much about him, nor associate him with anything much more than the manner in which he was chosen to be an apostle. Matthias was the one chosen by lot to replace Judas. Though he doesn’t have…
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The Colour Purple
It is the consecration of the next Bishop of Edinburgh today. Usually I try to go to these services but sadly today, I’m not able to go. So here’s a photograph of the colour purple for the Diocese of Edinburgh. God bless John Armes and all who will build the church with him.
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President Obama and Marriage
I’m pleased that President Obama has now come out and stated that he supports the right of same-sex couples to marry. I’m interested too that it has taken him so long to say so publicly and in the various things (his children’s views, his colleagues lives) that he cited as reasons for his position “evolving”…