Ben Cleuch, Mill Glen and the Ocils
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Munro-ing in the North wasn't really safe yesterday, as the forecast was
was extremely high winds. Plan B was to head into the Ochils for a dander
around s...
General Synod – Friday
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Order papers listing the day’s business OP4 – Order Paper IV (morning) OP5
– Order Paper V (afternoon) Stephen Lynas bathwellschap Listen, do you want
to k...
The Divine Comedy: Week 8, Levels of Hell
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In Canto 5 Virgil and the Pilgrim move out of Limbo into the first ring of
hell.
Perhaps the most famous aspect of Dante's Inferno is the geography and
t...
Il figlio dell'uomo (1954)
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*Il figlio dell'uomo* (dir. Virgilio Sabel) is a rare film and an important
one. It's rare, perhaps, because it was ahead of its time. Despite a
burgeonin...
To Absolve or Not to Absolve?
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The question I received from someone was: why do Anglicans absolve the
congregation with “you” language …God have mercy on you, pardon you…[A New
Zealand P...
What Is Grace to You?
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Below is a rough translation and some preliminary remarks about Luke
6:27-38, the Revised Common Lectionary gospel reading for the 7thSunday
after the Epi...
Feast of Cyril and Methodius
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Today is St. Valentine's Day, but no one is really sure who this St.
Valentine was. He may have been a Roman priest martyred during the reign of
the Emper...
Valentines Make a Difference
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This week children across America are getting little Valentines ready for
their fellow students.
It's a bit of a hassle at my house because one of my ...
The Diocese of Haiti turns to its future
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The Episcopal Church of Haiti held its convention on January 29-30 in
Leogane, a strong center of church life in Haiti. Archdeacon J. Fritz
Bazin, an hono...
The Work of Goodness
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I love the liturgy of the Episcopal Church because in it, I am reminded who
I am and who God calls me to be.
I am reminded faith is not all about me or my ...
Our End Time Perspective
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“One of the great tragedies in the church in our day is how Revelation has
been so narrowly and incorrectly interpreted with an obsessive focus on the
fu...
Happy Christmas
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Amid wars and rumours of war the poor old earth staggers on towards the end
of another year. Poverty is still rampant; wars are still being fought;
there i...
Art of Advent – It’s all about the men
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Our second Art of Advent course looked at paintings of men. Lots of men:
Prophets, John the Baptist, wise men, Joseph, and some shepherds. But wait!
Perhap...
“Son of David! Have mercy on us!”
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*A sermon for the 23rd Sunday after Pentecost, Mark 10:46-52*
*October 28, 2018*
It has certainly been a harrowing week, hasn’t it?
First comes the news ...
Faith & Theology is closed
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Fourteen years and 2600 posts later, this blog is now closed. It's been a
lot of fun. But I don't quite have the heart to keep the blog going after
the d...
Old story, new life: Thoughts on baptism
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We have a catechetical crisis in our church. Vast swaths of our laity and
not a few clergy are unable to articulate even the most rudimentary
understanding...
Disconnect
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Earlier today, I spoke to my stepfather for the first time in several years
- and likely for the last time in this life.
The reasons for our estrangement a...
Back to the Holy Drawing Board, with some relief
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For a conventional set up like the Church of England General Synod, all its
structures loaded for deference, yesterday's result was something of a
shock t...
Goodnight, Sweetheart
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Everyone's life changes. Mine is no exception.
When I started this blog in 2006, blogging was relatively new, and I was
relatively new to the Episcopal ...
Viridarium Novum
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*A Little Book of Nature*
*'New little book of flowers, in it all kinds of beautiful flowers, also
fruits and little animals, which are very useful to pain...
Advent Blessings
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Love Blooms Bright has come to an end this year. Thank you all for sharing
this space — readers, writers, artists, friends. You have given me many
blessing...
On Being 80
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oh yes. A new thing. My liver enzymes are up. The result of methotrexate
for 20 years, and leflunomide combined with it, has a high rate leading to
toxic l...