‘The machine’
Dear Friends Today’s offering for our Companionship email comes from one of our Quaker Honorary Chaplains, Leslie Stevenson: Earlier in this lockdown, I read a story by E. M. Forster entitled “The Machine Stops”.…
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‘Watery reflections’
Dear Friends Today’s offering for our Companionship email comes from The Reverend Dr Rob Whiteman who is the local faith contact for the Unitarian Christian Church. (See his contact details here:…
‘Ice cream, prayers and beads’
Dear Friends Welcome to Monday’s Companionship Email. This week the University begins the final week of teaching and we all continue to discover novel ways to cope with lives in lockdown. For me, it was the simple joy…
‘Jonah and the whales’
Hi, Today some whales, painted by my friend Leonie Macmillan, during this time of the virus. Leo is a ceramic artist who lives near St Andrews. She designed and made the fonts in both St Salvator’s and St Leonard’s…
‘Orthodox Easter’
Good morning, We are in the midst of the Orthodox Easter. Usually Orthodox communities around the world would gather this evening in churches to observe the Paschal Vigil, followed by Easter liturgy into the morning,…
‘Stillness from a Quaker’
Greetings, Today’s contribution has been offered by Barbara Davey, one of our Honorary Quaker Chaplains. As the scale of the crisis we are facing begins to emerge, I sometimes feel overwhelmed. Fear can feed a negative…
‘Furlough or verlof’
Greetings, Furlough. It’s a word that’s come to prominence in recent weeks. In the past few days, many members of University staff have begun a period of furlough. People on furlough will not be working for the…
‘Shared silence’
Good morning, A reflection today from Kitty Macintyre, Honorary Pagan Chaplain. Sharing silence For some of us, there is a great deal more silence in our lives at present than in other times. For others of us, there…
‘Sometimes… green thrives’
Good evening, On Saturday I took a walk on the Lade Braes, and came upon the St Andrews Poetry Wall. I took a picture of the whiteboard on the garden wall. Here it is if the handwriting is tricky for you: Sometimes…
‘A heart-felt moment’
Dear Friends, Happy Easter and a warm welcome to Monday’s Chaplaincy Companionship email. The 40 days of unremitting Easter Joy has begun, so I hope you find something wonderful to do in each and every one of them! If…