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  • The use of the word Catholic

    A couple of weeks ago, I asked for suggestions as to what I might blog about. One of the suggestions was this: the use of the word “catholic” as opposed to what people think, which is “Catholic”, as is the Church of Rome. Well, OK. Why not? The word Catholic is one of the things…

  • Be the Gold

    Steven has left a comment for me under the the post with my Easter sermon in it. I think it is worth replying to it here in a new post. Steven said: I don’t get it. The Christian endeavour seems so bound up in bizarre and exclusive metaphysical claims that it is very difficult to…

  • Easter Day Sermon – Video Version

    I rather enjoyed preaching this one….

  • Easter Sermon 2012

    [Video to follow] In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. A couple of weeks ago, I had an interesting encounter. It was a strange business really. It was with someone who had come from Edinburgh to Glasgow for a morning meeting and I was due to see…

  • Change your life

    Every year I make a promise to people. I say that if they keep the triduum with me at St Mary’s then it will change their life and change their faith. The Triduum is the three days from Maundy Thursday to Easter Day. Although the various services take place over several days, it is really…

  • What Beth said…

    Don’t miss Beth’s post about Holy Week.

  • VAT SOS

    The recent Budget has thrown all kinds of church and community plans into chaos with the proposal to impose VAT on changes to listed buildings which were once VAT exempt. This video puts it best. Full marks to Pamela Greener and Wakefield Cathedral for putting this on youtube.

  • 10 Discussion Points about the Church and Virtual Reality

    A very interesting discussion last night with Anne Tomlinson as part of the Church in the Academy series at the University of Glasgow’s theology department. (Or faculty or school or whatever the thing is right now). We were discussing the possibilities for the church with the new opportunities that new social IT technologies have brought…

  • Government Advice

    So far as I can tell, this is the official government advice on how to cope when faced with a fuel delivery strike that may never happen.

  • Virtual Church in the Academy

    Got a theology gig tonight. Anne Tomlinson and I are in discussion and debate as part of the Church in the Academy series at the University of Glasgow’s theology faculty. I can’t remember whether it is a 5 pm or a 5.30pm start, but I’ll be there in plenty of time. We are going to…