• Candidates for the Sin Against the Holy Ghost

  03/12/2016

  People sometimes ask me (and no doubt other clergy) what the sin against the Holy Ghost actually is – the one which cannot be forgiven.

  Mark 3:28-29
  Verily I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme:
  But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation.

  Now, there is a great deal of confusion about this, but I think I have narrowed down the possibilities.

  I’m pretty sure that it is one of the following:

  • Brown Shoes in the Sanctuary
  • The Sunday Before Lent/Sundays Before Advent/The Kingdom Season
  • The Invention of the Christingle Service
  • The Wrong Colour of Candles on the Advent Wreath
  • Seafood

Previous Posts

• Postcard to Rowan

  09/09/2012

  Dear Rowan, wondered whether it had occurred to you that if you give an interview in one country, these days, it will probably be picked up in another country. Take this interview that you’ve given to the Telegraph this weekend. Did you have any regrets? Oh yes, not going to the USA to deal with…

• Deaconings and Priestings

  08/09/2012

  I’m sadly unable to be in St Mary’s this weekend for one of the most significant moments in the year – five people are being ordained at a special service on Saturday afternoon. These are moments that people remember for the whole of their lives. My exuberant good wishes to all those being ordained. Some…

• Installation/Institution

  06/09/2012

  For the next three months, I’m on sabbatical from St Mary’s, enjoying the freedom that Bishop Gregor and the congregation have given me to think and reflect and grow. The last formal thing that I did as Provost of St Mary’s before sabbatical time started was to go to the start of a new ministry…

• Online reading

  04/09/2012

  Here’s some on-line reading. The Doctrine Committee of the Scottish Episcopal Church published an essay earlier this year on Marriage and Human Intimacy. This is available now online for the first time along with the other previous essays which they have written. There was a mini-brouhaha on twitter when one or two people actually read…