You will know that I have a ‘thing’ about cycling. I suppose we could shimmy left and think about what it is - maybe the mechanical almost-perfection and simplicity of a bicyle; or maybe it’s a way of revisiting childhood cycling; or perhaps there’s a freedom thing about it and a way of working [...]

All calm on the River Tay this afternoon as we walked on the North Inch. During the week, I had a swift pedal on the Brompton up towards Almondbank - still searching for that balanced clergy lifestyle as suggested at the Clergy Conference.
Earlier today we had a gathering in Perth for clergy and laity [...]

Some weeks just have everything in them.  I’ve been to the Synagogue in Edinburgh for an interfaith meeting of religious leaders .. been to the final meeting of one of our own committees [yes - one less] … met the Church of England and the Church of Scotland at Dunblane .. gone to the Scottish Parliament [...]

I’m just fed up with the Perth-Edinburgh train service - slow trains, hopeless times [particularly in the early morning], lack of parking at Perth Station and so on …  So I’m going through one of my phases of trying alternatives - before I go back to the train.  Today’s was to drive to the new [...]

I enjoyed Lambeth - but it’s great not to have it dominating the landscape as it has done for so long.  I’m ready now to try and write some reflections for our clergy to use with congregations - because there is considerable interest out there.
Meanwhile, I shared in the Dedication Festival yesterday at our congregation [...]

I’ve been enjoying Dave Walker’s drawings at Cartoon Church.  You need to laugh here.
Meanwhile today saw the Opening Service in the Cathedral.  The logistics of moving nearly 700 bishops and their spouses down to the Cathedral are pretty daunting

Here it is.  I’m on the right, by the way.  The Archdeacon of Canterbury, who is a [...]

Dave suggests that I must have been ‘busy doing what bishops do’.  Actually, I couldn’t elbow my way into the Synod wifi and was reduced to my data card - which, in cost terms, is the blogging equivalent of driving a 4 by 4.  But while others talked about how the church must embrace the [...]

Always interesting to live through a moment of real change - and I think this is one of them.  Usually wrong when you make a statement like that - but …  The oil price may dip a bit from its peak - whenever that may come.  But the fundamental problem is that demand is increasing [...]

++Rowan is considering not flying for a year.  That’s fairly daunting - it rules out America, for example.  Meanwhile, back at Blogstead, we anxiously read the updates on the Blackberry from the price comparison sites for diesel prices.
I attended the Church of Scotland Assembly on six days.  I stayed for two nights - car with [...]