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I am a Church of Scotland minister living by the sea. This blog holds my current ramblings on faith ... life and all the random clutter in my head. My old blog from June 2006 – August 2010 was called Rumours of Angels. It is now private view only. If you would like permission to view just leave a comment.
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Monthly Archives: March 2011
Passion…
In the absence of me having anything original to say for myself, here are a couple of excellent quotes: What we in the church must be about, I am convinced, is a return to religion of passion—a way of being … Continue reading
Word of the week…
Scunnered. (Noun: Scunneration) This is one of my favourite words ever. It’s one of those brilliant Scottish words whose meaning is almost onomatopoeic - just saying it, with the right inflection (and the precise balance of vehemence and resignation) communicates its meaning: … Continue reading
The space in between…
in the space between the hurt and the healing the question and the answer the disease and the cure we search for a kind of calm to get us through a kind of happiness that defies logic a kind of … Continue reading
Humming in the dark…
I came across this meditation from Henri Nouwen recently.. and I post it here for myself and for everyone else in need of hope. “Hope means to keep living amid desperation and to keep humming in the darkness. Hope is knowing … Continue reading
On waking early…
Those of you who followed my previous blog will know how much I like Mary Oliver’s poetry. I thought I would post this one, giving testimony to the glory of creation on a bright sunny morning - “best preacher there ever … Continue reading
In Blackwater…
A “Sunshine and Shadows” type poem for Saturday from the wonderful Mary Oliver Look, the trees are turning their own bodies into pillars of light, are giving off the rich fragrance of cinnamon and fulfillment, the long tapers of cattails … Continue reading
Towards Sunday… a blessing
Be ye our angel unawares If after Kirk ye bide a wee, There’s some would like to speak to ye, If after Kirk ye rise and flee We’ all seem cauld and still to ye. The one that’s in the … Continue reading
Actions speak louder than words…
However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?— Buddha I came across this quote the other day and was pulled up short. The substance of … Continue reading
The God of small things…
“We have to fight them daily, like fleas, those many small worries about the morrow, for they sap our energies…. The things that have to be done must be done, and for the rest we must not allow ourselves to become … Continue reading
Pause for thought…
Time is neutral. It can be used either destructively or constructively. I am coming to feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than the people of good will. We will have to repent in this … Continue reading
