Posted in church, theology on 30 April, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If you missed Gene Robinson’s article in the The Times on what it means for him to be making vows in his relationship with his partner Mark, it is well worth reading.
It begins with a comment he lived to regret about always wanting to be a June bride. He said it in an unguarded [...]
Posted in blog on 29 April, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Posted in photos, theology on 28 April, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Today was not the best of days. A worrying pastoral situation or three… Awareness of things done and left undone. A sense of exhaustion when I was trying to prepare tonight’s bible study and a quite legitimate worry that this time I would not get away with it and could not fake [...]
Posted in blog on 27 April, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’m home now, with purring cat beside me and lots of unexpected messages awaiting my attention.
For the first time in my life, I must resist the temptation to bore you with a slide show. But this is where I’ve been for the past few days:
and here was my early morning view:
No doubt a few [...]
Posted in blog on 25 April, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Today, I have wondered if it would be possible to get the Church in Sweden to adopt the diocese of Argyll and the Isles.
We need nothing more than the crumbs from the table, you see.
A priest came today to tell us about his church. He is the vicar in community of about 20,000 people. On [...]
Posted in blog on 25 April, 2008 | 2 Comments »
(pray for me. the spell check is in Swedish… 
Uppsala feels strangely familiar. I sat at breakfast, watching the ducks on the water and so easily could have been sitting in Boston, looking across the river to Harvard. There are more bicycles, of course. And more cured fish. But these are little things.
I didn´t expect Sweden [...]
Posted in blog on 23 April, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Do you suppose News from Lake Wobegone provides sufficient cultural context for an American Scottish Epsicopalian about to travel to Sweden for a conference on the Lutheran church?
(this question sponsored by Bertha’s Kitty Boutique. Remember, if you must leave your cat behind, the least you can do is bring them herring.)
Posted in blog on 22 April, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Things I just couldn’t make sense of today and find disturbing:
Rent a Dog. Too busy to commit? Just treat an animal like a DVD.
Hilary Clinton. Dear Iran: we would totally obliterate you.
Behind every great man. Margaret Cook interviews the woman married to the man known as ‘Britain’s worst chauvinist’. [...]
Posted in photos on 22 April, 2008 | No Comments »
I must be in Rothesay.
These week is full of travel. Will post if I can…
Posted in photos on 21 April, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This was a gift from the mother of my god-children.
I fear she knows me too well.
