One of my wee pleasures is taking the occasional wander up Buchanan St and into Forbidden Planet – for a Sci-fi geek it is the nearest thing to heaven this side of eternity – books, games, graphic novels, various collectibles from the sublime to the ridiculous, the well-recognised and the most obscure tat of the [...]
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Forbidden pleasures and rants
Posted in Random, Uncategorized on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
They shall grow not old…
Posted in Uncategorized on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
…as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
Looking beyond ourselves
Posted in Uncategorized on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
so often with small churches, everything seems to be “us” – the need to raise finance to keep a roof over our heads, etc. We contribute to local charities at Christmas and harvest, and do the usual Christian Aid stuff, but the bulk of our energies seems to be maintenance rather than mission and aid. [...]
bonfire night
Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Sounds like Beirut outside, with fireworks from Glasgow High School behind us, and Jordanhill School along the road. School firework celebrations, delayed from Guy Fawkes night yesterday.
Never quite understood why we celebrate a failed terrorist attack on the Houses of parliament by sending colourful little bombs into the air and burning effigies. maybe its just [...]
Paper, paper, everywhere
Posted in Uncategorized on November 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
nope – not the state of my desk or office floor (for a change!).
Lunch with our esteemed Ministry Development Officer today. She’s asked me to consider writing a paper for the Thursday evening lectures at Glasgow Uni (for early in the new year) , so i’m looking at “personhood and community in an online age“. [...]
Please turn off your mobile phone…
Posted in Uncategorized on October 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Gambia, London Corner School
Posted in Uncategorized on September 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »
From Fr Kenny:
I’m off to London this afternoon, the first step on my way to The Gambia on Tuesday. My case is full of clothes for the kids, as ever, and a few odds and ends for other folk.
My love affair with The Gambia began eight years ago, when, because it was the only sunny [...]
busyness
Posted in Uncategorized on September 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »
its been a bit of a mad-dash weekend. Firstly to Lenzie for the preliminary meeting of the electoral synod in the hunt for a new bishop.
The Primus, +David, outlined the procedures, explaining how canon 4 works and the timescale for things happenining.
Nominations will be recieved up to 15 October – and must be submitted on [...]
Edinburgh regrets tattoo?
Posted in Uncategorized on September 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
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Angry sky magic?
Posted in Uncategorized on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
too much seriousness of late, so this made one particular northern lass smile
Missed the Perseids tho!