Merry Christmas everyone from me and the beardy one.
Don’t be offended if you didnt get a card – our Christmas tradition seems to be buying a box at the beginning of November and then forgetting where we’ve put them until they turn up in the fridge or the tumble dryer sometime in January…
peace, love, and [...]
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Merry Christmas Everyone
Posted in Uncategorized on December 24, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Christmas services
Posted in Uncategorized on December 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
if you’re in Glasgow over Christmas and wish to join us, you would be welcome :
Sunday 20 December 6.30pm All Saints “Remembering those we miss at Christmas” – a meditative service for those who are separated from their loved ones through illness, death, divorce or distance
Christmas Eve Midnight Communion 11.30pm All Saints,
Christmas Day Carols [...]
the imperfections of man and the limits of reason…
Posted in politics on December 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Barack Obama today recieved his Nobel Peace Prize. His speech, broken into segments (the limitations of youtube demand it) is below. It can also be read online here
I am by no means a pacifist (although I find violent solutions to conflict detestable), but some of his comments both delighted and dismayed me.
wars between nations have [...]
Advent
Posted in Uncategorized on November 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Lord Jesus Christ,
who is, who was, and who is to come,
we pray for the virtue of hope,
that amidst the trials and difficulties
of this world,
we may keep our hearts fixed
upon you, who reigns over the cosmos.
May your grace enliven us,
strengthen us,
and defend us,
as we await your coming in glory. Amen
David Bennett
Abomination
Posted in Uncategorized on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
with thanks to uberpix.com
Forbidden pleasures and rants
Posted in Random, Uncategorized on November 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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 [...]
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 | 2 Comments »
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“. [...]
