• Homily – Music Sunday Orchestral Megasong

    Here’s what I said to wrap up our West End Festival events on Sunday evening:

    As most of you will know, it is my habit to announce what we are doing at St Mary’s on the internet.

    Most people who come through the doors of this church these days for the first time have already encountered us online first.

    Our webpage and my blog attract people to this place who are seeking something. No doubt they also put off some others, and that’s OK too. Why waste people’s time if this is not what they are looking for.

    I was a little puzzled as to how to describe this service tonight.

    It is certainly choral evensong, but that didn’t seem to be enough. There is a touch of the festive about it, but even Festival Evensong does not seem to be a big enough description.

    I then looked to see how others were referring to it and found that someone who is singing tonight had referred to it as (more…)

One response to “Love your enemies”

  1. Father Ron Smith Avatar

    Thank you, Far. Kelvin. Jesus does indeed challenge all of us on this theme – loving our enemies. It is one of the most difficult things to do – especially when one is persecuted for their received innate sexuality. You Scottish Episcopalians – together with your North American cousins in TEC – have helped our worldwide Anglican Communion to understand the need for Inclusive Church – being aware that God loves everyone God has created.

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