Advent: 8 December
Good morning, Ding-dong merrily on haiku moves to a further part of the Nativity story, known as the Visitation. Luke records that Mary went to see her relative Elizabeth at her home, and the two expectant mothers…
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Advent: 7 December
Greetings, Behind today’s window are a second image and haiku exploring the annunciation and the commitment asked of Mary. My photograph was taken at The Met in New York, and shows a painting from 1510 by the…
Advent: 6 December
Happy St Nicholas Day! If you are someone from the lands where St Nicholas delivers gifts on the night of 5th/6th December, I hope that the boots you put outside your door last night were filled with good things. In…
Advent: 5 December
Good morning, Some of the photographs catalogued this summer by our Chaplaincy intern Natasha are pictures I’ve taken of works of art in museums, galleries, churches and elsewhere. My snapshots are usually not as good…
Advent: 4 December
Good morning, Another Ding-dong merrily on haiku, and another Carol Service this evening, this time the Alumni Carol Service in St Salvator’s Chapel at 7 pm. All graduates and current students, members of staff and…
Advent: 3 December
Good morning, Behind today’s window are an image and haiku for Advent Sunday, the first day of Advent and the beginning of the Christian year. It is a day for anticipating of the coming of God’s kingdom, holy, good…
Advent: 2 December
Good morning, This is the second day of the Advent Calendar, and also the day of the University Carol Service. 7.30 pm at Holy Trinity Church on South Street, with doors opening at 6.45 pm. Beautiful music from St…
Advent: 1 December 2023
Good morning, Welcome to the first message in this year’s Advent Calendar from the Chaplaincy. Each day until 25 December, there will be a daily email to the Chaplaincy mailing list from me exploring the Christmas…
New academic year countdown…
Good morning, It is a warm sunny morning in St Andrews, distinctly summery. But our minds in the Chaplaincy are turning to the new academic year beginning next month. Higher results are out – congratulations to…
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Good afternoon, I’m writing the first Companionship email for a long time because for a number of reasons, I’ve been thinking about a subject rarely explored today – the threat of nuclear war. For one thing, I went to…