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The Kingdom is like…

The Kingdom is like…

Apologies for being so last week!  based on Matt. ch.13 So I asked, rather foolishly, what happened at 4.30am.  Blank looks.  And it happens every morning, but perhaps not always that early. … ‘sunrise?’ …  Yes! And what will happen tonight at about 10pm? … ‘sunset?’ (they’re catching on!) Is that right says I? (they nod) Are you sure? (they nod, but one does not)  No! tis the other way round! It is, says I, thanks be to God for Galileo, Copernicus and the like.  The poor old Catholic church took until 1990 to say it really didn’t handle...

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to recover the celtic

I have avoided that word for a long time, it has almost become a nothing word to some, speaking of fanciful longings and notions without any depth or heart or soul. ‘Celtic Christianity never really existed’ some say, and to an extent I would agree. The trouble is, it goes deeper than this. “And Celtic Spirituality is only the heart ruling the head” They might go on to say. When I hear some poetry and music quoted as being ‘celtic’ or of celtic influence I always wonder who was the influence to these quaint ditties, some long forgotten saint...

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Whose Eyes? – Civic Service

I was never really sure about the annual Civic Service – that was until this year.  It was – wait for it – actually quite good fun, well the preparation was anyway!! My talk, titled:  ‘Whose Eyes?’

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Random College Entry

  • Peace

    These things never come out as well as they did when they were first articulated. During a session on worship we were discussing ritual action. I remember once being confronted by the thought that if I could not face, let alone share the peace with one of the other congregants, then as the biblical passage goes I should leave my gift at the altar and make peace with the person first. This was a problem, especially in the Anglican Church as the peace happens before the Eucharist. However in the Iona tradition and indeed in the wider tradition of the Church of Scotland (Presbyterian) the peace is shared after the sacrament is received. In that situation I would then have been able to face the other person, because of the gift of the grace of God given at the Eucharist. The simple moving of the position of the sharing of Peace changes the emphasis of both Peace and Eucharist. If you make Peace with your sisters and brothers, then receive the sacrament, this is great, but what if you can’t? The tradition from the Church of Scotland allows us to approach the altar table and receive gods grace in the [...]

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