View from the Potting Shed

Whose idea was it to have Lent so early this year?! Today I suspect that a lot of people will be giving up Lent for chocolate.
Lindt today, Lent tomorrow.
Happy St Valentine’s Day everyone. xxx

Reorientation
This morning I got up nice and early, around 07:00, because I really felt the need to get back into a regular rhythm.
I find the period between Advent 4 and Epiphany quite disorienting. For the other 50 weeks of the year Sunday is still my reference point from which the rest of my week’s activities […]

Here’s a website that I go back to every now and then: Extreme Instability.
It’s not an indication of the state of my inner emotional life, it’s a website of really cool photographs of natural phenomena, such as lightning storms, aurora, fog, night skies, tornadoes, etc. Some are available as wallpapers too.
What an incredibly beautiful […]

Some days lyrics that you know so well stand out. Get Away by Kings X.
And if you get offended by a certain word then you’ve probably missed the point completely.
Get Away (3:25)
Hey God, I watched the news tonight
why are your people so fucking mean?
Hey God, that kid was locked up for 3 years
why do the […]

God our Father,
in this night you have made known to us again
the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:
confirm our faith and fix our eyes on him
until the day dawns
and Christ the Morning Star rises in our hearts.
To him be glory both now and for ever.
Amen

Photo of the interior of St Salvator’s Chapel (photo by Suny Brockport)
Here’s the text of my homily from last night’s carol service at St Salvator’s Chapel, University of St Andrews.
It was a real privilege to preach at such an event, and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
I was nervous before hand. Really nervous; my mouth went dry, […]

My clerical shirt and vestments hanging in my office.
This evening I’m preaching at the Alumni Carol Service at St Salvator’s Chapel, University of St Andrews, starting at 18:30. So my clerical shirt and vestments are currently hanging up in the office.
I would have hung them all behind the door but unfortunately I’m too tall for […]