So today, in the shortest congregational meeting of my life so far (although, not actually all that short), the congregation of the church of which I am parted voted to adopt a unitary constitution. I have been trying to understand how this is going to make things different. Sometimes drawing pictures helps me think, so [...]
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We’ve got the Unitary Constitution. So can we doing something now please?
Posted in Scottish, church, photos, theology on June 8, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Photos of Pictures
Posted in church, life, musings, photos on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It was disturbing in a way. Keen herds of american tourists in brussels, dashing from their airconditioned bus to the gallery, safely protected from the dangers of trams, cars and non-english speaking folks. They went round the gallery at a fair pace, not surprising since they had to be back on the bus in an [...]
Intimidation and Stage Fright
Posted in lifehack, photos on February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Several people in the last few weeks have commented to me that I’m not easily intimidated. Each time, I’ve reacted thinking WHAT???? but realised before I opened my mouth that a confident and articulate “actually, I often feel intimated, I just normally choose to be brave” wouldn’t be believed. I have learnt, one way and [...]
Other worlds
Posted in Scottish, life, musings, photos on January 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Sunday, Mel – a friend of mine up visiting scotland, and I climbed Mel’s first munro, Broad Cairn.
It was a freezing day, but sunny, so the views from the summit were stunning, and it was brilliant fun. A sprinkling of snow made the hills around look somehow other worldly.
Sometimes getting out of the [...]
thought before action: expresssion can precede understanding
Posted in life, musings, photos, ponderings, quotes on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
More street philosophy.
Aviation is Vandalism
Posted in life, photos, politics, ponderings on November 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
It made me think.
Frosty Days
Posted in Scottish, life, photos on November 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It was FREEZING last week. I took this photo at lunchtime (by which I mean 1:20) on the meadows in Edinburgh. brrr. Having good gloves makes a big difference to your overall well being when cycling in this kind of weather.
Making happiness
Posted in life, musings, photos on October 27, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I have been influenced increasingly over the last few months by The Happiness Project. It came partly out of a realisation that most people doing the MA (including me) weren’t all that happy a lot of the time, an I was trying to unpick why that was.
All talented people, doing something we loved, we tended [...]
British Train Travel
Posted in life, photos, ponderings on October 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
I love travelling by train. I find it relaxing, and as long as it isn’t too dark, interesting too. I spent over 40 hours studying for my dissertation on trains – I just found they had a great atmosphere conjucive for concentration. I was up in Dundee last weekend, and the MP3 player in [...]
Finding yourself in cyberspace
Posted in Scottish, life, musings, photos on July 13, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The world is a small, small place.
Reading some blogs today (yup, should’ve been reading stuff for the dissertation, but I am meant to be researching blogs at the moment), I came across a photo of most of my family on a friend’s blog, we’re his “featured friends” this week/month or something (scroll down to the [...]
