Can I suggest you head over to Akma’s blog to read his post about the death of Aaron Swartz. It is moving and thoughtful and expresses more eloquently than I can how I feel about this death.
Most people won’t know Aaron’s name. However we all get the benefit of his work.
As Akma says, “the churches have an intrinsic interest in communication, free communication, profligate communication.”
Hear, hear.
Congratulations on outdoing the Moderator of the CofS.
Now, like another Provost, will you get a wealthy woman to buy you a copy of this very expensive book? (That will not be me, by the way)
Well well. What exalted company we keep! I’m still working on the camels ….
….sinking other people’s yachts…. ???
Interesting juxtaposition with Grayson Perry. Clearly the article writer has seen the St Mary’s dressing up box!
remind me never to go sailing with you!
The poet Thom Gunn put ‘cheap thrills’ under ‘Recreations’ in his entry. I have always wanted to put that in my CV but have never dared.
I had a baptism this morning, so I was not preaching. (The baptism is the sermon). However, for those who want a sermon, here is one that I preached earlier…. I wonder how many of you are familiar with the portraits of Picasso. I believe that there have been a few documentaries on the television…
I've put together a new website over the last couple of days.It is a campaign website for the local political party which I belong to.Oh, and there is some rather interesting news on it about someone that you know, so you might want to take a look.The url is http://www.stirlinglibdems.org.uk/kelvin/html/ though it will also soon…
As part of what I want to say tonight, I want to reflect on the year that has gone by. It has been a particularly busy year at St Saviour?s. The numbers of people coming to services was up on last year?s figures. Now, there are always particular factors which can affect numbers ? the…
I do weary of having to defend the parking spaces outside the church from schemes to “improve” the road junction. Having just managed to save enough space for hearses and wedding cars a couple of months ago, there is now a plan to put a bus stop next to the west wall of the church,…
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