blog posts here and at Hermione’s will continue to be sparse till I’ve fininshed moving house. Please bear with me for now, and expect more regular posts to resume in June from Dunblane.
Hermiones: Rosemary has a good starter up. Please just keep the conversations going.
Elizabeth: I will indeed write the reflections on the eucharist at [...]
Archive for April, 2009
lack of blogging
Posted in blog on 30 April, 2009 | 2 Comments »
more joy
Posted in blog on 25 April, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“wordpress for iPhone”.
Will wonders never cease?
go slowly
Posted in blog on 24 April, 2009 | 4 Comments »
There is a particular conversation I have found my self having repeatedly over the past few months, and it is time to share it. It has occurred so often, in so many different contexts that I think it is more than coincidence.
And it is this:
When God stirs the waters, and you are suddenly giddy at [...]
25 years
Posted in blog on 23 April, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Twenty-five years ago today, the US health secretary announced that the virus that causes AIDS had been found.
I was fortunate. I was only 12 in 1984, and I grew up in the generation that knew how not to get ill. But still: one friend lost their father, one friend tried to kill himself, three friends [...]
on baptism
Posted in Scottish Episcopal Church on 23 April, 2009 | 5 Comments »
An unexpected question on baptism led to the Code of Canons again, and I’ve learned something surprising.
By church law, we seem to assume that only children are baptized. Canon 27 says this:
On the Administration of Holy Baptism
In the administration of the Sacrament of Baptism, the sponsors must have been themselves baptised, and shall, if possible, [...]
doing our bit
Posted in church on 22 April, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Well, the vestry and congregation of Dunblane are certainly giving a boost to the local economy. The new kitchen is in; the parquet floor has been refinished; the hall and stairs are prepared for the carpet; the copy room has a new, more sound-proof door; the new boiler is boiling; the trees that were overhanging [...]
picking up threads
Posted in church, worship on 20 April, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Several weeks ago, I hoped to blog about the experience of worship I had at St Thomas’ in New Haven, CT. Well, here we are at last.
The service taught me a lot, and the experience of it is still unfolding for me.
Last time I spoke about the space: the way in which a wholly white [...]
nature journal continues
Posted in blog on 20 April, 2009 | 3 Comments »
this morning: baby red squirrel, learning to climb trees.
johannine
Posted in photos, preaching, scripture on 18 April, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Molly has been persuaded:
God is light and in God there is no darkenss at all.
rejoice heavenly powers
Posted in blog on 18 April, 2009 | 7 Comments »
a new generation of rabbits has emerged from the burrow.
Alleluia. Amen.
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