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  • Sermon 22 January 2005

    Epiphany – the season that we are in at the moment, is our reminder that God does not remain in the glittery wrappings of Christmas for very long. It is our reminder that we are dealing, in Jesus Christ with someone who encountered people. Someone who looked people in the eye and said – “Come…

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  • Hurrah! I'm not a heretic

      Tried a quiz which attempts to work out whether or not you are  a heretic. I’m not. Hurrah! (Not that I thought I was, of course).   You scored as Chalcedon compliant. You are Chalcedon compliant. Congratulations, you’re not a heretic. You believe that Jesus is truly God and truly man and like us…

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  • Turned into a Pundit

    I’ve been away for a few days on the diocesan clergy conference. I arrive back to find that I’ve been turned into a pundit. The Equality Network has picked up a quote from this blog and included it in their January newsletter. My original post is here – the newsletter here.

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  • What am I reading?

    Oh, thank you for asking. On Saturday, the post-person arrived bearing a copy of  Untold Stories by Alan Bennett. Many thanks to the S family who bought this for me off the wishlist. It was a lovely surprise and I will enjoy it a lot. Hope you are all doing well.   I also received…

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  • Going clubbing

    This week has been pretty hectic workwise, so it was nice to have one night off and go into Glasgow. An evening clubbing at the Garage nightclub, no less, with Ms Curate from the south-side of Glasgow. Yes, really. She had spotted that Steeleye Span were playing as part of Celtic Connections and knowing my…

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  • New Piscy Blogger

    There is a new Scottish Episcopal Blogger added to the list.Step forward and take a bow, Christine McIntosh from Dunoon. 

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  • Photoblog

    Well, I’ve managed to stick to the discipline of posting to the Photoblog every day. There were doubters, there were doubters. One dedicated reader commented – too much nature. I never did take many photographs of people. People will never sit still when you ask them to, unlike trees, who do their best.Take a peek…

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  • Liturgical Revision

    One of today’s activities is a meeting of the Area Council of local Episcopal congregations. Part of what we are doing tonight is reviewing the latest revision of the Baptism liturgy. This revision started some 31 years ago. We must be nearly there now.No, really.

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  • Sermon – Epiphany 2006

    This week on my day off, I went down to Edinburgh to see an art exhibition. It is a display of the all the art that has been collected by Sir Timothy Clifford over the last 21 years that he has been the director of the National Gallery of Scotland. I was wandering around, looking…

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