Grazie, Merci, Gracias, Arigato, Danke sehr. Whatever tongue whatever voice whatever word Thanks be. Thanks be Love that knows no bounds. Thanks be Love that knows no end. Thanks be for sound and sight of reflected glory, above, below, around, all around. Thanks be, for open eyes, for open ears, for open mouths, for open…
O God you know all about us. The bits we put on show and the bits we hide. You know our glorious potential the wealth, not only of our bank balance but also our talents. You know what we could be what we will be and you know how we try and stop it, stall…
There is a phrase in the Scottish Episcopal Churches Eucharistic prayer for Easter: ‘welcoming weary fishers on the shore’. I would be hard pressed to pick a favourite resurrection appearance but this beach breakfast (referencing John 21) along with the Emmaus Road and Mary in the garden are my top three and while I am…
All through Holy Week we have been retelling Mark’s Gospel (the we being All Saints and New Kilpatrick Church) MARKing Holy Week, each day we began with these words. This week we retell the story a story whose woven threads reach back through time and space and forward onto eternity. A story of love, love…
Christmas came around and once more we decided to make gifts for the God children rather than buy them yet more toys. The question was however what to make for the boy who loves lego and the girl that loves rainbows, and fairies, and unicorns, and making things. Well a lego desk for him. With…
Today is the United Nations International Day of Peace, I find it telling and sad in equal measures that this initiative has never really taken off, after all who doesn’t want peace. Well maybe a leader of a country or two, but let’s not get into that at this point. One of the things we…
This morning we used the Kenotic Bowls in Church. I know I shouldn’t say this, but I thought they looked rather beautifully twinkling in the church lights. Each bowl gathered this morning represented a member of the congregation, but also bigger than that, they were representative of all people. People who are precious to God.…
You may remember, dear reader, that last August I tootled off to Cumbrae to immerse myself in the wonders of icons. Well this year I repeated the exercise, I say repeated however that is not strictly accurate. Last year – you can read about it here – I didn’t really know what to expect, yes…
Bear with me for a moment of introductory rambling. Someone told me a thing, and while I loved the thing I was told of I didn’t realise I had misheard the name of the thing I was told. Oblivious to this I went hunting on the internet for the thing and after some fruitless searching,…
I have doubts, I have lots of them. There I’ve said it. I am not supposed to say it, people see it as a sign of weakness, a sign of not being intelligent enough, a sign of being a lesser person, a second rate priest. Doubting is frowned upon, because doubting means admitting you don’t…
On Thursday of last week the Scottish Episcopal Church decided to make provision for Same-Sex marriage within some of its churches. Despite today being Trinity Sunday and hence one of the Churches festival, such a decision can not be left to just hang there without comment, especially as I believe it has been given a…
After the horrific events on Monday night, for which we continue to pray peace into, I have been struck by the number of friends south of the border commenting on more armed police and soldiers in streets. I remember the first time I saw armed police (as the norm) in he UK, it was in…
