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Trinity College Glasgow
Jan 5, 20212 min read
Where The Star Stops – An Epiphany Reflection
I don’t remember a time when I was not a Christian believer. I am not immune to doubt, but nor am I tormented and plagued by it. I often...
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Trinity College Glasgow
Jan 5, 20217 min read
An (almost) Epiphany Sermon by Doug from 2016
So today I am going to do the difficult thing of trying to ride two horses at once – and not being a circus star, I may well fall off –...
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Iain McLarty
Dec 30, 20203 min read
Epiphany
Isaiah 60:1-6 Psalm 72:1-7, 10-14 Ephesians 3:1-12 Matthew 2:1-12 You can find a YouTube playlist here with many of the songs suggested...
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Iain McLarty
Dec 29, 20203 min read
Christmas 2
Jeremiah 31:7-14 Psalm 147:12-20 Ephesians 1:3-14 John 1:(1-9), 10-18 This post is looking at the readings for the Second Sunday of...
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Iain McLarty
Dec 21, 20203 min read
Christmas 1B
Isaiah 61:10 - 62:3 Psalm 148 Galatians 4:4-7 Luke 2:22-40 We are still in the Christmas season so if you managed to stick with Advent...
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Iain McLarty
Dec 13, 20205 min read
Christmas Eve/Day
Isaiah 9:2-7; 62:6-12; 52:7-10 Psalm 96; 97; 98 Titus 2:11-14; 3:4-7; Hebrews 1:1-4 Luke 2:1-14; 2:8-20; John 1:1-14 Christmas is perhaps...
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Trinity College Glasgow
Dec 9, 20205 min read
Looking for the Christ - Advent 2020
I had the privilege recently, of preaching at an induction in Govan parish where I live. There was no set text, which is something I...
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Iain McLarty
Dec 9, 20205 min read
Advent 4B
2 Samuel 7:1-11, 16 Luke 1:46b-55 Romans 16:25-27 Luke 1:26-38 It's very easy for Advent to seem like the poor relation to Christmas...
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Iain McLarty
Nov 30, 20205 min read
Advent 3B
Isaiah 61:1-4, 8-11 Psalm 126 1 Thessalonians 5:16-24 John 1:6-8, 19-28 It's very easy for Advent to seem like the poor relation to...
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Trinity College Glasgow
Nov 26, 20209 min read
Reforming The Kirk: How it started/How it’s going
The title reflects a recent meme popular in Autumn 2020 on Twitter, where folk posted pictures side by side, making (often very funny)...
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Trinity College Glasgow
Nov 24, 20206 min read
Sermon for Advent 1
God be in my mouth and in my speaking – God be in our heads and in our understanding, in the name of Christ, AMEN. Maybe it does not...
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Iain McLarty
Nov 23, 20205 min read
Advent 2B
Isaiah 40:1-11 Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13 2 Peter 3:8-15a Mark 1:1-8 It's very easy for Advent to seem like the poor relation to Christmas...
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Iain McLarty
Nov 14, 20204 min read
Advent 1B
Isaiah 64:1-9 Psalm 80:1-7, 17-19 1 Corinthians 1:3-9 Mark 13:24-37 It's very easy for Advent to seem like the poor relation to Christmas...
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Trinity College Glasgow
Nov 10, 20208 min read
Sometimes a wind comes out of nowhere...
It’s a line from Canadian singer Bruce Cockburn: ‘Sometimes a wind comes out of nowhere and sweeps you off your feet’. Some lines in the...
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Trinity College Glasgow
Nov 4, 20203 min read
CoP 26: Delay, worry and uncertainty?
Adrian Shaw Eco Congregation Scotland. The United Nations climate conference, CoP 26 was due to come to Glasgow, in November 2020, a...
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Trinity College Glasgow
Oct 29, 20203 min read
Pandemics, Elections and Preachers
In my wee book on preaching God Be In My Mouth, I have a section called ‘Finding The Year’ where I talk about the times in which we read....
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Trinity College Glasgow
Oct 21, 20205 min read
On Holiness
‘Be holy for I am Holy’ – its one of the weightiest sentences in scripture – one which is routinely both over-read and under-read – by...
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Trinity College Glasgow
Oct 5, 20208 min read
Sermon for Isaiah 5 Matthew 21
God be in my mouth and in my speaking – God be in our heads and in our understanding – AMEN. When we heard the scriptures read today,...
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Trinity College Glasgow
Oct 1, 20202 min read
This week at Trinity College
It’s only the beginning of week two but already it feels like a tumultuous start to the semester, with Glasgow Uni in the UK and national...
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Trinity College Glasgow
Sep 21, 20203 min read
A note from Principal of Trinity College, Rev Dr Doug Gay
Reflections from Rev Dr Doug Gay at the start of a new term.
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