Posted in poetry on 30 January, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Sliding on Loch Ogil
Remember, brother soul, that day spent cleaving
nothing from nothing, like a thrown knife?
Then there was no arriving and no leaving,
just a dream of the disintricated life –
crucified and free, the still man moving,
the balancing his work, the wind his wife.
–Don Patterson, Landing Light
Posted in blog on 29 January, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A non-churchy friend drew my attention to a certain amount of piskie jargon on the blog that needed attention. He had several other interesting things to say too, but he refuses to comment lest his atheist input spoils the sanctity of a church blog.
So, a basic glossary:
Piskie (n) — (1) a member of the [...]
Posted in congregation, learning on 27 January, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Today saw the first of our ‘training days’ for those involved with leading worship in Rothesay (those who read, lead prayers, and officiate at Mattins). I take it for granted that it is always worthwhile to reflect on what we are doing, talk about what works and what doesn’t, and see if we [...]
Posted in blog on 25 January, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I was reading a story last night about a primary school teacher in Alaska, who one day turned to the vast expanse of snow outside the window and asked her class, ‘what colour is it?’ The class — of mostly 10 year olds– said rather smugly, ‘it’s white, Miss.’ But she would have [...]
Posted in blog on 24 January, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Anyone who thinks Dunoon, Rothesay and Tighnabruaich are ‘remote’ should take a look at Tim’s blog today. It reminds me of my favourite Christmas snippet of scripture:
When peaceful silence lay over all
and night was in the midst of her swift course,
from your royal throne, O God, down from heaven,
leapt your almighty word.
Posted in Anglican, Anglican Communion on 23 January, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Proceed with caution. Read this only if you can cope with sweeping generalizations, oversimplifications, and one side of the story.
Christine asks why The Episcopal Church in the States is so much more exercised by the ‘big divisive issues’ in the Anglican Communion than we are in the SEC. By which I assume she [...]
Posted in congregation on 22 January, 2007 | 3 Comments »
OK congregation(s) — (and anyone else who wants to join in) — this blog is getting to be more and more idiosyncratic. What would you like from it? Suggest a topic. Ask a question. Else we are in real danger of it becoming ‘Kimberly’s blog’.
Posted in photos on 22 January, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Having scheduled a vestry meeting for my usual day off this week, I went to play in the sun today.
…and learned that photography takes more nerve than I have. No sooner had my eye spotted the potential in something than my brain intervened with, ‘the road’s too narrow, there’s a massive great lorry right [...]
Posted in Anglican, Anglican Communion on 21 January, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I suspect most of you will have already seen this at Thinking Anglicans, but in case you haven’t…
There’s an interesting public conversation going on between a Tutor in Ethics and Wycliff and a rector in South London. They come from opposite theological camps and have quite different views on what’s happening in the Anglican [...]
Posted in learning on 19 January, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve just returned from Prize Giving for S4 at Dunoon Grammar School. There was a mix of awards for academic achievement, improvement and (most wonderful of all, I thought) for those who most significantly surpassed what had been expected of them. We had contributions from an excellent piper, a couple of [...]
