Showing posts with label Argyll and The Isles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Argyll and The Isles. Show all posts
Friday, June 19, 2020

Grace

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                  This week, Dunoon lost a warrior. Grace Page - or Dr Grace Dunlop, to give her her maiden name - died peacefully in the lo...
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Tuesday, January 21, 2020

Bottom, thou art translated ...or Bishop's Move

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There are so many temptations to play with the title of this post that it could almost divert me from the purpose of writing it. Almost, but...
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Monday, March 14, 2016

Fair buzzing in Oban

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Victorious table at dinner I've mulled it over for the past five days, but now I realise that Synod reports are being demanded - not...
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Sunday, August 11, 2013

Of fear, cheese and a shoogly crozier...

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Two rants in a row. Never mind, today feels more positive. Largely, that's the doing of two Argyll and The Isles clergy who managed to a...
Friday, March 08, 2013

A ridgewalk with the Third Age

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A suitably splendid scene for a brief retrospect on last week's Argyll and The Isles Diocesan Synod, the above photo shows the moment...
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Thursday, March 03, 2011

Taking off in Argyll and The Isles

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This slightly hazy photo (courtesy of Al ) is all I have to remind me of Diocesan Synod - that and the rather dog-eared copy of the Synod pa...
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Sunday, February 27, 2011

Lilies of the field?

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I'm a great one for a bit of symbolism, and tend to become inordinately excited when I'm surprised by something beautiful. I knew t...
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Friday, February 04, 2011

'Tis done ... we have a Bishop!

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Don't they look jolly? The chaps in the gold hats are the current bishops of the SEC; the others are either retired or from overseas - b...
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Sunday, October 10, 2010

An open letter to a Bishop-Elect

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Dear Bishop-Elect Kevin First of all, congratulations on your election as Bishop of Argyll and The Isles. (Perhaps this is a good moment to ...
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Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Lighten our darkness ...

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Anyone who read my last post will have thought: dismal. That's how she feels: dismal. And they'd have been right. And now I'm ho...
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Let's elect a bishop (part 1)

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Being a member of the Electoral Synod of Argyll and The Isles comes with its own particular challenges, not the least of which is the drive ...
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Sunday, September 20, 2009

Ubi caritas et amor, ibi Deus est ...

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It was my turn this week to write up the service at Holy T for the local paper. Thirty-one years ago in the same paper (oh dear - I must be ...
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Monday, June 08, 2009

Bows and cheesy grins

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Yesterday the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles had a ball. Not the kilts-and-ballgowns type of ball, but the exuberance of a Diocesan Festiva...
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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Dogged?

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Just back from Oban and about to crawl into bed - but first, a moment of reflection. My efforts yesterday seemed to be fraught with gremlins...
Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Vain Hope?

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This is me, exhorting the representatives of the Episcopal Church in Argyll and The Isles on the merits of Web 2.0 technology. I may be flog...
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Thursday, March 08, 2007

Synod season again

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I've been on my travels again. Two days, one night in Oban for the Argyll Diocesan Synod (ok - I know: The Isles as well - it's jus...
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