I’ve been away from St Mary’s for the last week or so travelling, so no time to write much. However, I did take a lot of photographs and thought I would post one or two things here which made me think. As usual, comments welcome. 
7 responses to “Ten Key Skills for Priestly Ministry”
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I think this is a great post
I struggle with Vector Images
But as I anticipate the birth of my second granddaughter…I am mindful that we will baptise probably in the holy season of Easter. Hopefully on Easter day (tears to my eyes at the thought)
Her sister was Chrismated by parents, God parents, grandparents, great grandparents, Baptists and Anglicans. In English, Magyar (Hungarian) and of course Latin.
May it be so ….Baptism is a great opportunity and gift for us all -
Thanks for 1, 4, 5 & 7 especially. Do us a favour and retweet in 3 months, please…
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My thesis was printed in Gentium – lovely font. But I now use the even newer, shinier Gentium Plus (it’s a lot like Gentium, but even better for Greek and some obscure other bits). Both completely free.
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No 10. Warm water helps a lot, I find, as well as asking mum or dad to hold a fractious child for the actual baptism.
Thanks for several of your suggestions! -
Recently, I was browsing at a vintage market held in a church hall when I came across a Fisher-Price School Days Desk, at least 30 years old (or more). I was reminded of Christmases past. It’s in excellent condition and only needs some chalk, which I will supply. My two year old grandson will be the recipient and I’m hoping he enjoys his present. Or he can play with the carefully selected wrapping paper. Win-win.
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Wrapping paper is good…always think that my eldest daughter enjoyed her wrapping paper better than the present for the first 2 years of her life. Now (she is 34) I am little bit more careful
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I learned that people will not remember you by what you said but by how you treated them.
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Sermon for St Francis 4 October 2009
Here is the sermon preached yesterday for St Francis That Gospel reading is our jumping off point this week because it was a jumping off point for St Francis himself. It was on hearing this gospel that his manner of life was changed. He heard it and believed it was a call directly to him…
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Here is a sermon I prepared earlier
Preached in St Mary’s on 6 September 2009. I can’t remember why I didn’t put it online ealier. This morning I want to talk about the Syrophoenician woman whom we have just heard about in the gospel reading. This woman, whose name is unknown, is an intriguing character. She was an outsider for a number…
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Twenty Years On
It is funny how anniversaries creep up on you. It is twenty years ago this week since I went to read theology at the University of St Andrews. I can remember Freshers’ Week very clearly all these years later. Inevitably, some of those whom I met in the first few days there, I have lost…
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The House of Bernarda Alba – Citz
Above the stage in this play by the National Theatre of Scotland there floats a large, mirrored ceiling. In this update, the action has all been plucked from the Andalusian countryside of Lorca’s original and been thrust kicking and screaming into Glasgow’s East End underworld. How well does this 70 year old Spanish play hold…
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