What is in Kelvin's Head?

  • Sermon preached for Lent 1, 2013

    Here’s the video.


    And here is the text:

    One of my favourite stories about St Mary’s is one that I’ve heard several versions of. It concerns one of my predecessors as Provost here.

    He had been here for a couple of months and thought that things were going OK. And then suddenly a letter appeared from a member of the congregation. (It may be that person is still here and just about to write to me in similar terms, so I’m taking a risk in telling this story).

    The gist of the letter was that its author listed the many ways in which the worship of the congregation had changed in those three months.

    See here, the letter writer wrote – see all the changes that you’ve made.

    And in the letter there was a list. In the version of the story I like the best there were 90 points listed but I don’t know whether we should allow a little bit of exaggeration in the telling.

    And the Provost in question had to confess (more…)

6 responses to “Gene Robinson on blogging”

  1. Sarx » Blog Archive » +Gene on blogging

    […] EFORE He preached this AM, Bishop Gene Robinson sat down with the Provost of the Glasgow Cathedral and discussed – among other things, I’m sure – blogging. […]

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  2. Dennis Avatar
    Dennis

    and speaking of blogging about today, Fr. Jonathan (MadPriest) has told us of his journey up to Glasgow to join you today.

    the rest of us are rather jealous and wish that we had been there, too.

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  3. ryan Avatar
    ryan

    Madly, I read the sense of the first sentence as fall into the *arms* of a happy but exhausted provost ,and thought that you had went ahead and posted your suggested personal ad :-).

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  4. chris Avatar
    chris

    Thank you and goodnight! (and no probs on Firefox as far as this is concerned)

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  5. FranIam Avatar
    FranIam

    Brilliant! Looking forward to more, hope you had a great rest after a great day!

    Here via Mad Priest and TheMeThatIsMe, both of whom were right there with you in church. Lucky lads.

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  6. Paul from Toronto Avatar
    Paul from Toronto

    Keep up the good work. I had no problems seeing & hearing +Gene clearly
    using my Firefox browser.

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