midnight clear

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hover of wings

Tomorrow, we celebrate Michaelmas on Dunoon Pier.
The splendid pier-building is well on it’s way to being a worship space (though it looks a bit more like an ad for IKEA right now), and my study is awash with props.
12 – 8 pm, at the pier.  Just across the street from the highland dance competition, so [...]

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pain

Last week, the lay team had a conversation about humans-and-animals, and I confessed that (however severe a failing you may find it) I know that my emotional response-into-action is deeper and swifter with an animal in distress that with humans.  It’s all about their total inability to understand why it hurts.
Well, appartenly my instinct extends [...]

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with love shining

Gracious, unexpected moments…
Yesterday, the lay team (preachers) met for a usual training session.  This was the last of a set of meetings on Christology.  I always enjoy lay training.  It’s an enthusiastic and diverse group, and it’s good for me to watch their excitement as they catch new glimpses of God.  And of course it [...]

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heat seeker

The cat has spoken:  the season has turned.

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more distractions

Greetings from my new lap-top.  I went to Glasgow in hope of finding dried chilies and interesting greens, and the rain was so vile I never made it past PCWorld and Braehead.
I fear you don’t stand a chance of reading anything more interesting here till I’ve set up all my bookmarks, learned how to use [...]

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pray as you can

tonight’s wordle distraction

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heavenly distraction

Last night, while we were planning worship for Michaelmas, someone told me about Wordle.  How very addictive it is.  And for someone like me, who likes words and cares about what goes with what, you can imagine how long it took me, amidst random permutations, to get Angels and God where I wanted them, with [...]

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learning curve

This Saturday, there is an open invitation to the congregation(s) to come to the rectory to talk about sexuality and the church.  This comes after discussions that whirled around Lambeth, and the realisation that far more people were wanting to talk about the church’s understanding of homosexuality than I had anticipated.
We’ve spoken before about ‘the [...]

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run with the tide

Due to the unexpected response to the last post, I offer you another starter for conversation.  (and something more theological soon, promise…)
What are your best memories of a stage musical?  We’re looking for specific moments, here.  If we like this game, will play it again with plain drama later (we used to call those ’straight [...]

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