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Tartan Friday

From the comments on a previous post, we have this, from Michael Hare:
So what tartan do Episcopal clergy wear? Those of us who are of non-Highland connection would like to wear Clergy but the tartan makers refuse to make Clergy in kilt-weight.
Should we denounce them from the pulpit?!
Heavens, how should I know? How did I […]

Kilt Monday?

Can anyone tell me who designated Monday as Kilt Monday? Was it the spiritual residue of so many bekilted pipers marching about on Glasgow Green in the rain over the weekend?
Three kilt incidents - all on Monday. I just don’t get it.

Firstly, a long discussion after Morning Prayer which included the sentiment that the Provost […]

Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle

Pausing just for a moment to remember Lord Jauncey of Tullichettle who died just over a week ago. He was a dedicated member of the Scottish Episcopal Church. [Indeed, he might even have been one of the 100 or so True Scottish Episcopalians that only exist at any one time].
I remember Lord Jauncey’s finest hour, […]

Picking up comments

Just to pick up a few comments from elsewhere that need to be answered.

Jenny Berrie - of course I remember you. Many a happy knitting class in the chaplaincy in Stirling. Now, remember all I told you: knit one unto another, perl one unto another.
Robin asked why we moved John the Baptist to Monday and […]

Exceptions

A long time ago, and in a land far away, I remember The Rev Rosemary Nixon saying something significant to me which I still think true today. (Just once, mind).
She said, in the course of a conversation about my progress through the Scottish Episcopal Church’s exemplary education system, “The trouble is, Kelvin, everyone in Scotland […]