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Online Evening Prayer for the Feast of St Stephen
There will be a service of Evening Prayer today [Monday] at 5 pm GMT for the Feast of St Stephen. The liturgy can be downloaded here: EP Incarnation for Internet Evensong This is the third service that has been held in this way and we are still experimenting with it. One limitation is the number…
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Merry Christmas to all blog readers
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20111224 Midnight Mass – Sermon
When you come up to communion this evening, you need to keep your eyes open. There’s plenty to look at near the front of the church – lovely decorations, candles, baubles and twinkling lights. But keep your eyes peeled for a couple of strange, ethereal, beautiful creatures standing on either side of the altar. Strange,…
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Lovely evening last night
Well, it was a lovely evening last night. I had not been sure how large the choir would be, but there were going on 50 of them by the time they had all processed around the Cathedral and into their stalls. We were doing special festive manoeuvres last night and singing whilst walking. This is…
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All Hail The Great Unconquered Sun
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Thought for the Day
It isn’t every year that the St Mary’s Carol Service (7.30 pm on Thursday, don’t be late it gets busy) gets a mention on prime time Radio Scotland, but we did this year. This morning’s Thought for the Day was being done by Dr Amanullah De Sondy who is going to be giving a reading…
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Carol Service
The cathedral has now been decorated for Christmas and is looking lovely. The first of the Christmas services is the Nine Lessons and Carol Service which takes place on Thursday evening at 7.30 pm. It is always something that I look forward to. The choir take centre stage for that service, though there is much…
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Sermon preached on 18 December 2011
Here's what I had to say in the pulpit this morning. I wish I had a pound for everyone who says to me, “It must be a busy time of year”. I’ve heard that from quite a few people this week. Well, there’s no time in my year that isn’t busy. And I enjoy this…
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A Response to the Prime Minister
Dear Dave I thought that some kind of response was needed to your recent speech about the King James Bible. As you’ve chosen to speak to the church with the media listening in, I hope you won’t mind me responding in this way on my blog. Firstly, there’s some positive things that I want to…
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Online Evening Prayer
I will be conducting Evening Prayer in a Google+ hangout at 5 pm today. Will be accepting people into the hangout from 4.50 pm. (4.45 pm for those who were there last week). There are 10 places. I will supply the liturgy. You need a webcam and google+ membership, which is free. You need to…