Thursday, March 29, 2012

Never constituted to be a saint*

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I finished reading Richard Holloway's Leaving Alexandria last week, but was overtaken by sunshine and the desire to be out of doors so...
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Of plainsong, penitence and nightly fears and fantasies

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We were practising plainsong this morning - a group from the congregation learning the Tonus Peregrinus and familiarising themselves with th...
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Saturday, March 24, 2012

Going back

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A concert in memory of Kenneth Elliott had me back at Glasgow University last night. Oddly, I felt most at home actually in the Memorial Ch...
Thursday, March 22, 2012

An unseasonal soup recipe

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Hmm. Posting this on a day when the sun is shining and it's warm enough to be outside in only one layer of clothing, the steaming soup i...
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Confessions of a church cleaner

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Water jug Originally uploaded by goforchris . I'm just back from the last stint for now of church cleaning. My partner-in-crime a...
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Monday, March 19, 2012

Nothing new about teaching Scottish Literature, but.

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I was irritated by something I overheard on Radio Scotland this morning - something that had already irritated me when it was first announce...
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Dali's Christ

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 © Culture and Sport Glasgow (Museums) There are no nails no bonds or blood to mar perfection. Instead, the figure hangs beautif...
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Friday, March 09, 2012

Another for the suitcase

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I've just finished Erin Kelly's novel The Poison Tree . If you follow the link to Amazon, you can watch a short video of the author ...
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Thursday, March 08, 2012

When two or three are gathered together ...

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I have been attending the diocesan synod of Argyll and The Isles for some years now - since before I retired, come to think of it - and my m...
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Sunday, February 26, 2012

Importunate Witnesses

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I invite you to share a few moments of my Saturday morning. It won't take long... I am sitting in the study, working on various bits a...
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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Restoration, in more ways than one.

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I've recently discovered Rose Tremain - I'm still in that lovely place when you realise that someone whose writing you enjoy has wr...
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Monday, February 20, 2012

How the other half lives with liturgy ...

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Last week I spent some time in interestingly erudite company thinking about Liturgy. I tend to feel, on these occasions, like the class idio...
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Monday, February 13, 2012

Carver, Tallis and ghosts

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We don't go to concerts often these days - we're as likely to be performing as listening, to be honest, and the late-night return, ...
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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Wrestling with Swedish hornets

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I managed, for reasons associated with where I live, not to see the film of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo , though I wish I had and still ...
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Thursday, February 09, 2012

The tax man, the musician and the poet: a cautionary tale.

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It couldn't last. All that laid-back, chilled cheerfulness induced by some out-of-season sun and warmth had to be dissipated, didn't...
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Sunday, February 05, 2012

Off the beach ...

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Fort among the palms:al Bitnah Originally uploaded by goforchris . Eight hours after arriving at Dubai airport, we set off on a trip ...
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Why Dubai?

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Why are you going there? they said. Dubai's a horrible place, someone else informed me. Never mind the oddity of telling someone that ...
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Saturday, January 21, 2012

Online Evening Prayer

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I've just been to Evening Prayer - sharing with people from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Aberdeen without even leaving my study. Google+ has o...
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Friday, January 20, 2012

Educational collaboration: a student's view

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Every now and again there comes a comment on the blog that I wish could be seen by more people. Today I'm taking steps to make that happ...
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Sunday, January 15, 2012

Seduced into education - again

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I was seduced yesterday - my day taken over by the temptation to participate in an Education Think Tank at BETT. In London. No, I didn'...
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