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From the Bishop’s desk

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A greeting for the New Year from Bishop John

12th January 202312th January 2023 Mirnada Heggie 121 Views

The New Year always neatly coincides with the Feast of the Epiphany in the Christian Calendar. This feast celebrates how

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Happy Christmas from Bishop John

25th December 202222nd December 2022 Mirnada Heggie 67 Views

Bishop John and all within the Diocese of Edinburgh wish you a happy Christmas and a joyful new year. Here

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Bishop John’s sermon from Remembrance Sunday, at St Giles Cathedral

17th November 202217th November 2022 Mirnada Heggie 192 Views

13th November 2022 Remembrance Sunday St Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh Micah 4.1-5; Revelation 21.1-7; Matthew 5.1-12 Diary entry for Sunday 31st

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Bishop John’s Address at the Diocesan Synod – October 2022

1st November 20227th November 2022 Mirnada Heggie 188 Views

Address to the Edinburgh Diocesan Synod 27th October 2022 A few days after I returned from the Lambeth Conference I

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Bishop John’s sermon for the Ordination of Deacons, St Mary’s Cathedral, on Sunday 25 September

28th September 202228th September 2022 Mirnada Heggie 509 Views

Isaiah 52.7-12; Romans 12.1-12; Luke 5.1-11 ‘The Smoke that Thunders’, ‘Mosi-oa-Tunya’ – perhaps better known to us as the Victoria

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Bishop John’s Sermon on the death of Queen Elizabeth II

12th September 202215th September 2022 Mirnada Heggie 596 Views

St Mary’s Cathedral, during the period of our National Mourning Sunday 11 September 2022 Micah 4.1-15; Ephesians 3.14-21; John 6.35-40

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A message from Bishop John on the death of the Queen

9th September 20229th September 2022 Mirnada Heggie 193 Views

My Dear Sisters and Brothers ‘There was evening, there was morning…’ a new day. May I offer my love and

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Ten Things I’ll Remember about Lambeth 2022

15th August 202215th August 2022 Mirnada Heggie 299 Views

Now that the 2022 Lambeth Conference is over, and Clare and I are back in Edinburgh, here are ten of

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Lambeth Conference Days Eleven and Twelve

8th August 2022 Mirnada Heggie 227 Views

You can tell this conference is drawing to a close. Even my resolve to write every day has weakened, which

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Lambeth Conference Day Ten

8th August 20228th August 2022 Mirnada Heggie 191 Views

I don’t know whether I’ve mentioned that the weather has been very hot down here in Kent. Hot for me

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