Thursday, May 09, 2013

Pervixi ... in memoriam ABF

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ABF and Mr B, 2012 I don't know what prompted me to take the above photo, but today I'm glad that I halted, called to the other...
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Saturday, May 04, 2013

A requiem for Philip II

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As dawn breaks and church bells toll slowly all over Toledo, an elaborate funeral procession winds its way through the city's streets....
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Thursday, April 25, 2013

Weeping and alleluias

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Today I attended the funeral of someone I've known since I was twelve - when I started secondary school, even though we were at differen...
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Monday, April 15, 2013

A pilgrim church?

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What makes a church? The answer, the obvious answer, the answer you know to be the right one, is the people. The community that worships t...
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

De mortuis

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What does someone of mature years who tries to live under/up to a belief-system that encourages compassion say about the passing of Margaret...
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Friday, April 05, 2013

A pivot into eternity

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Sometimes in life there is an epiphany, quite unexpected, quite unsought. So it was this evening, towards the end of a meal that I had enjoy...
Friday, March 29, 2013

After the ninth hour

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Dead. That’s about it, really - dead inside my head, dead inside my heart as we lift the dead weight of our friend who was more ...
Friday, March 22, 2013

Love your neighbours?

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How does a Christian know she is living out her faith in her everyday life? (I'm not excluding chaps here, not at all, but I'm a she...
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Monday, March 11, 2013

Yes, I'm still reading ...

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It's been a while since I last reviewed a book - November saw the last, I think - and I've almost forgotten what I've read since...
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Sunday, March 10, 2013

Costly love

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It seems to have been several years since we observed Mothering Sunday in Holy T - if my files of past Intercessions are anything to go by, ...
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Saturday, March 09, 2013

A Lenten poem

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Road through the Nevada desert Eyes wide open One pale, quiet morning,  I open my soul’s eyes  unarmed with faith or company,  ...
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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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Seeing the daffodils

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Yesterday I posted about suddenly realising I could still feel what it was like to experience the world as when I was a child. And toda...
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Monday, February 25, 2013

LIfe in the bubble of wonder

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On the boat Originally uploaded by goforchris . Do you remember being a child? Oh, yes ... all these years ago ... But do you real...
Thursday, February 14, 2013

Just war memories in Lent

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I went to the first meeting of the Lent Course today and found myself involved - or perhaps trying not to get too involved, or trying not to...
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

A fashion for penitence?

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Ash Wednesday. It snowed all morning, and now the rain is washing down the windows - but judging from the whiteness of the roofs opposite ...
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Friday, February 08, 2013

Pure dead relevant

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The other evening - well, more like teatime - I attended an Information Evening in the University of Glasgow Medical School, the atrium o...
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Thursday, February 07, 2013

Talking posh

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Just before I left the house this morning, I caught a snatch of Call Kaye on the radio. Should we be insisting that our children talk 'p...
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Sunday, February 03, 2013

Rebus in arduis *

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It's Sunday. You've celebrated Candlemas, because you could - a day late, but in the boondocks you can't celebrate too often and...
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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

A very Pisky hoolie

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Choir at work Originally uploaded by goforchris . Other people have posted about last Saturday's lovely service in the Cathedr...