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It’s the Internet, stupid…
Quick quiz question to begin the day: Which is greater – the number of people who have visited this blog this year, or the number of people who are present in the Scottish Episcopal Church on a typical (ie the week before Advent when the figures are counted) Sunday? It is an unfair question in…
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Zebedee redux
I’m really most grateful to Fr Madpriest for sending in this re-consideration of the Zebedee window that I was referring to the other day.
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Territory
I’ve heard about fighting in Christian churches in Israel/Palestine at the great festivals before, but the video above does show it rather graphically. The fighting is a consequence of thinking of one’s Christian mission territorially. The Scottish Episcopal Church generally tends to sit rather lightly to territoriality. We don’t really have much of a concept…
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Online Evening Prayer for the Feast of St Stephen
There will be a service of Evening Prayer today [Monday] at 5 pm GMT for the Feast of St Stephen. The liturgy can be downloaded here: EP Incarnation for Internet Evensong This is the third service that has been held in this way and we are still experimenting with it. One limitation is the number…
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20111224 Midnight Mass – Sermon
When you come up to communion this evening, you need to keep your eyes open. There’s plenty to look at near the front of the church – lovely decorations, candles, baubles and twinkling lights. But keep your eyes peeled for a couple of strange, ethereal, beautiful creatures standing on either side of the altar. Strange,…
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Lovely evening last night
Well, it was a lovely evening last night. I had not been sure how large the choir would be, but there were going on 50 of them by the time they had all processed around the Cathedral and into their stalls. We were doing special festive manoeuvres last night and singing whilst walking. This is…
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