1 – Where can I find the most spiritual place in the city.
2 – What is the taste of the city and where can I get some?
3 – What’s the best place in town that visitors never go to?
4 – Where would you go to get the definitive photograph of the city?
5 – What is the best beach/green place round here?
6 – What makes people laugh here?
7- Where is the prettiest place to go for a walk?
8 – Where is the place that most makes you happy?
9 – What makes people come and live here and why?
10 – Why did they build it right here?
21 responses to “Are there any gay friendly Episcopal churches in Edinburgh?”
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Didn’t a wise man once say that all clergy are camp ;-)?
Although the wedding show photo does feature hot *female* models! It’s the sort of thing one might find in nuts or zoo (er, one would imagine) 😉
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OK.OK, I’m no more camp than any other member of the clergy who finds themselves dressed head to toe in gold on a catwalk with glamorous models.
That’s not very camp, is it?
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Jargon explanation: “spikey” V. High Church. Incense, liturgical precision and stuff like Mass & Benediction etc.
“boat boy” – small human being often male who carries the vessel with the incense grains in it.
“camp” – default position of many Scots clergy, especially the spikey one’s:-) -
Re the class thing: Spikey Mikes has welcomed me in spite of my going to Beath High! Mind you, we do count a Nobel prize winner, a former Scottish Rugby international and the odd MP promoted to the Lord’s amongst our FP’s so…
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At St Columba’s this morning there was the usual welcome printed in bold on the front of the service sheet:
“We believe God affirms all regardless of age, gender, sexual orientation, background or ethnicity and we welcome any who wish to worship and share Communion with us. We welcome and support LGBT people, affirm their lives and ministries, and celebrate their relationships.”
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Ooh, we don’t get that at St.Silas! 😉
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