View from the Potting Shed

I’m on holiday! Jane and I have just bought a house (see another post about that) and so are saving money by holidaying at home. But it’s been fun: cycling, reinstalling Windows XP (fun?!), a trip to Inverness, a trip with my mate Mike J to Cellardyke, Anstruther and St Andrews, and more cycling to […]

My mate Max (http://www.dermagraphic.info/) introduced me to Godflesh years and years ago. In my opinion Streetcleaner was the best thing they did. On Tuesday I bought Messiah; as far as I can tell: lost tracks that have resurfaced and been remixed. It is quite amazing. I’ve been listening to it all day.
I listened to their […]

Comedy / Theatre that I’ve been to
Die (21 August 2003, Pleasance Dome, Edinburgh Fringe)
Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure (10 August 2003, George Square Theatre, Edinburgh Fringe)
Phil Kay (17 January 2003, Eden Court, Inverness)
Lee Hurst (9 November 2000, Eden Court, Inverness)
Jesus Christ Superstar (10 February 1999, Edinburgh Playhouse)
Jesus Christ Superstar (16 […]

I’ve just spent the last couple of hours re-partitioning my second hard disk. A simple task in Windows XP.
When I say re-partitioning I mean exactly that: none of this dynamic re-partitioning nonsense, like trying to resize your living room and dining room, with all your furniture still in it and while having a dinner […]

My friend Nick sent me this by e-mail:
Then Jesus took his disciples up the mountain and gathering them around him taught them saying:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit, theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
Blessed are they that mourn.
Blessed are the merciful.
Blessed are they that thirst for justice.
Blessed are you when you suffer.
Be glad and […]

I’m really excited! In October we’ve invited Professor Larry Hurtado, Professor of New Testament Language, Literature and Theology at New College, the University of Edinburgh, to give a lecture on the title “How on Earth did Jesus become a God?”

I was on a Ministry Team quiet day at Carberry Tower, about 9 miles from Edinburgh. After morning coffee (a glass of milk for me) and Morning Prayer (Year 2, Week B) we descended into silence for 3 hours. Well, the other three team members did. I went outside to phone Jane to see if […]