I’ve been lucky enough to have had a couple of development days over the last month, working one-to-one with a facilitator. One of the things that I’ve been thinking about is what makes a healthy group in a congregation.
This is all rather relevant because, as St Mary’s grows, it seems inevitably to me that we […]

Whilst I've been uploading things, I thought I would put another version of +Gene's sermon online. Again, this is an audio only version for those with dial-up and not broadband.
If you've missed it the first time around, then here it is.
I've also added this to the Audio podcast that you can find through iTunes and […]

This morning’s sermon by the Rev Caroline McKillop has just been uploaded to the sermon page.
I’ve uploaded it in two different forms this week. A video version for those who want to see and hear and an audio version that will be more accessible for those using dial up. We are inclusive like that around […]

I feel a strange sense of sadness at the news that the Roman Catholic church is revising its English form of the mass. Why sadness? After all, what’s it to do with me?
Well, one of the curious things that has brought churches together in the last century is liturgical revision. Although getting the jots and […]

Oh, thank you for asking.
Actually, I’m listening to just about everything, having just joined the iPodded masses and so feeding CDs into the computer all the time to turn them into MP3s so that I can listen to them everywhere.
Particular things that I’ve rediscovered that I’ve not listened to for a while are:
Dolly Parton - […]

I wonder whether there is anyone reading this who has an ipod and an iTunes Store account. I’ve put up two nascent podcasts one for audio and the other for video. I need someone to check out whether they are working.
If you can help me test this out before announcing it on the church website, […]

Promise me someone, that the Olympic Games will soon be over.
It can’t go on much longer, can it?

The sermon that I preached yesterday is now available in video format on the preaching page. If I get around to it, I will try to put up an audio version which will be more suitable for dial-up users.
If you are having trouble hearing the audio on these clips, you probably need to download Adobe […]

Here is the full interview that I did with +Gene. Covers lots of things including his reflections on arriving in Scotland post-Lambeth, what he thought of the protesters, a conversation about the beginning of the end of patriarchy and a roundup of what he was intending to say in the sermon.

And you can read […]

Here is the closing sequence of last Sunday's service with +Gene. I'm almost finished uploading video. I'll post the full interview tomorrow.
This clip contains the blessing, the closing hymn, the notices and ovation and Bishop Gene's closing remarks, including what he thinks about St Mary's.
For those wanting more discussion on the hymn, take a look […]