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Monday in Holy Week
There should be a special name for Monday in Holy Week – Apprehensive Monday would probably capture it well. There is much to do this week and the clock is ticking now.
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Camera Lead
Now, if I can just find the lead which connects the digital camera to the computer, I will be able to post a pic of Louise's wedding that I went to last week. Check back later.
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Back Home
It does feel good to get back home from Yorkshire. Well specifically, it does feel good to get back home from Wakefield.And tomorrow, to Leipzig. Well, metaphorically speaking. The choir are going to be taking the congregation there at 10 am with a fantastic hymn arrangement by Bach of All Glory Laud and Honour which…
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Moderatorial Dress
No lace, alas, but we did get a purply blue shirt, a large official ring and a pectoral cross. Indeed, all the C of S ministers in the party were wearing very prominent clanking pectoral crosses. Bishop all, of course.
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Lunch
Today's excitement, if that is the word, is lunch at the University of Stirling with the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland. Iain Torrance is almost at the end of his moderatorial year. He has been pleasingly unpredicatable too. At the time he was nominated it was widely seen as a…
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Brownies
Yesterday, I was the assessor for a Brownie Guide Faith Discovery Badge. Yet another thing I was not taught to do in theological college. However, the Brownie was very impressive, passed the badge easily and one of the pictures that she drew is now on the church website – www.saint-saviour.org
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Now, today is going to be busy
Why did my sister need to get married this week? Holy Week is almost upon us but my normal preparations are interrupted by a wedding. Today there is a lot to be done to get ready. There are the Sunday Services to prepare, a Eucharist at 1100. A funeral at 1430. A funeral to organise…
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Sermon – 28 March 2004
This week is the start of a mini-season in the church ? we are travelling through Lent towards Holy Week ? the Great Drama. This final part of the journey, we call Passiontide. The time of the Passion. This year of all years ? the Passion of Christ is at the forefront of people?s minds.…
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Web Outage
An infuriating three days of web outage. For some reason, my webspace provider suffered a denial of service attack and did not deal with it terribly well. I', glad my livelihood does not depend on them.I am unsure whether anything sent to me at anything@thurible.net has got through successfully – anyone who thinks they have…
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