The official Scottish Episcopal Church website has managed to astonish me o­nce again. Leaving aside the broken links, the layout, the thin line of text, the missing graphics etc; even discounting all this, I still cannot understand why we are being treated to a photograph of Kevin Pearson's jowls.

This kept me entertained for five minutes:I've visited the counties in yellow.Which counties have you visited?made by marnanelmap reproduced from Ordnance Survey map databy permission of the Ordnance Survey.? Crown copyright 2001.

I don't usually blog about what I've seen o­n the television but this weekend's marathon from Channel 4 is worthy of comment. I remember missing the stage play of Angels in America both in London and Stockholm. What an extraordinary piece. What an extraordinary length – over 2 hours of epic trauma. It was like…

For the first time in weeks, I finished my Sunday sermon during the week and printed all the service sheets o­n Friday. This means that I can get o­n with some of the paper-work that needs to be done today.On o­ne recent week I realised at the 8 am Sunday service that I had written…

It would appear that there was a bad fire yesterday at the Dunblane Hilton, just up the road. I remember seeing fire engine racing through the village, so I guess it was going on up to Dunblane. Amongst those evacuated were 30 Church of Scotland ministers. Therein lies the difference between the Church of Scotland…

I am convinced that the Atkins Diet, like Songs of Praise, is a new religious movement.

Modern medicine is an amazing thing. I went to the doctor this morning and she took my blood pressure and then told me, quite correctly that I have sprained my ankle.The blood pressure was pronounced to be perfect. I considered getting into a debate along the lines of “…well if my blood pressure is perfect,…

I spent my day off this week in Argyll, which is abuzz with rumours about who might be o­n the list to be the next bishop of Argyll and the Isles. Well, perhaps “abuzz” is to go too far. It is certainly drizzling with rumours about who might be o­n the list when it comes…