Confessions of a pagan nun Against a future downsizing from this house [but Don’t hold your breath], I regularly clear small handfuls of books off the shelves and take them to one of the charity shops. Often I can remember when and where I bought books and read them. But I recently came across KateContinue reading “Through a glass darkly – 155”
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Through a glass darkly – 151
The days go by, each day getting a little longer. Passion Week began with an appointment with the diabetic nurse. continued through a series of early morning services at Newington Trinity, and ended with a walk of witness from Mayfield Church to Nicholson Square. And a sombre service of Tenebrae on Good Friday evening. DuringContinue reading “Through a glass darkly – 151”
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The amaryllis on the dining table has come out in a big way. And we’ve been out too; we took a Car Club car out along the coast in East Lothian. I couldn’t get my left leg under the steering wheel, so Susie had to drive. After a standard trip to the charity shop, weContinue reading “Through a glass darkly – 149”
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When I was growing up, alpha was the first letter of the Greek alphabet. And the self-appellation of the risen Christ in Revelation 22. But for the past few decades it is best known as an extraordinarily successful course in Christian apologetics. Launched and resourced and promoted by that phenomenon of a church, Holy Trinity,Continue reading “Through a glass darkly – 147”
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My diary says that we are going to Grenoble this week, for another locum job. But we’re not going. Which I’m sorry about. Partly because St Marc’s is a diverse and welcoming congregation. Partly because Grenoble is an attractive city, surrounded by snow-topped mountains. [A city where our daughter Joanna lived for a year backContinue reading “Through a glass darkly – 143”
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Advent 2 How long ? I very rarely put anything consciously religious on this blog. So, as a corrective, here is more-or-less the sermon that I preached at St Peter’s, Lutton Place, last Sunday morning, the second Sunday in Advent. The readings were from Malachi 3 and Luke 3. It was the first time IContinue reading “Through a glass darkly – 139”
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Leaving Grenoble For Good Friday evening we had a Tenebrae service in the smaller chapel in the Centre St Marc. About twenty people came, for a service largely put together by David Bailey. It was a sober, thoughtful time in the semi-darkness, a selection of short readings and music culminating with Allegri’s Miserere. On SaturdayContinue reading “Through a glass darkly – 122”
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