Posted in blog on 31 May, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A fortnight ago, Chris ‘tagged’ me to write about books. I’m going to assume that the category includes fiction, drama and poetry. So, here goes (the questions come from the tag).
How many books do you own? Lots. I don’t live with all my books, and the books I live with [...]
Posted in congregation on 30 May, 2007 | No Comments »
Beyond all the usual things that all the usual people have done this week, there has been a sudden upsurge in helpfulness.
Offers came, today (some solicited, some otherwise) to:
Drive me to Colintrive should my creaking wheel bearing give way before a funeral.
Pick me up at Rhubodach to get me to the church on time (should [...]
Posted in blog on 29 May, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Now, do you suppose it’s coincidence, or the printer’s devil that is responsible for the fact that the 1984 Ordinal and the 1987 Funeral rights are only a shade off each each other (magenta and fuchsia respectively) and almost indistinguishable when snatched off a shelf in a rush?
Posted in photos on 27 May, 2007 | No Comments »
On Easter Day, the ferry home from Rothesay was enlivened by the antics of a dove preening on the rails. Since then she has been a regular passenger and was last seen trying to roost in a coil of rope. I was rather hoping that by Pentecost there would be a flutter [...]
Posted in blog on 26 May, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Tomorrow is Pentecost, so my mind is filled with rushing wind and dancing flame and thoughts about the flow of energy — God’s and ours. But the wind stirred an old memory, an old conversation that I need to discharge here, lest it get in the way of the sermon.
(and there is a [...]
Posted in blog on 24 May, 2007 | 4 Comments »
I have just returned from a nicely varied day. A wedding rehearsal this morning on an island not my own. An attempt at a ‘getting to know you meeting’ with someone who in the end did not have time. Then a long journey from Largs to Glagow, doubled by a slow burning [...]
Posted in Anglican, Anglican Communion on 22 May, 2007 | 2 Comments »
There is the rather sad news today that the Archbishop of Canterbury has chosen not to invite all bishops to the next Lambeth conference — at least not yet.
The Anglican Communion Office is being cagey: only ‘the first’ 800 invitations have been sent; the archbishop reserves the right to withhold or withdraw an invitation [...]
Posted in congregation, worship on 21 May, 2007 | 5 Comments »
The ferries back to Gourock run till 11.30pm. We welcome visitors from our overseas companion diocese of Glasgow.
Posted in prayer on 20 May, 2007 | 2 Comments »
A week off always leads to the question: where shall I pray? Somehow, I never quite settle to pray in other people’s houses, so I make half-hearted attempts for several days running, then go hunting for a nice quiet church somewhere.
Or in this case, a not so quiet church, and an even less quiet [...]
Posted in blog on 13 May, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Much has been said in Piskie blogs about the need for black shoes in the sanctuary. But little about the trauma of finding clergy shirts that fit. So, dear readers, I ask you: since I am going to be in Darlington and Newcastle this week, is it worth driving the extra 2 1/2 hours South [...]
