It’s been a busy week at St Anne’s! Dunbar Primary School p5-7 assemblies; Belhaven Hill Form 1 brass cleaning in church; Community Carols (& a wonderful gift of mince pies to share!); an Advent Quiet Morning; and Gaudete Sunday celebrations topped off by decorating the church Christmas tree, fuelled by lashings of mulled apple and orange juice. ⭐️🎶❄️🎄❤️ #ChristmasIsComing!

Time to recognise we can’t appropriately heat the building, and to seek to heat the people instead. #church #CostOfLiving

An annual reminder about Anglican Advent vibes: Death, Judgment, Hell & Heaven! 😬 #Advent #Anglican #Episcopalian

Early gym today. Sat is always the hardest #CrossFit WOD of the week & this was no exception:
In 6 mins: 50 burpees; 30 jumping squats; then 1 min rest, then:
In 6 mins: 1000m row; 30 slam balls; then 1 min rest, then:
In 6 mins: 40 cal bike; 30 alt DB snatch (10kg); then 1 min rest.
Repeat.
But then a #quiet morning withdrawing from the busyness that #Advent will bring, to ground myself in something deeper than the commercialism & busyness we use to deflect from deeper #spiritual work.

Today is going to be full on: Communion; Bible discussion group; exit meeting with someone who’s resigned from Vestry; meeting about possibly leading a retreat; and this evening a kids holiday club meeting. I made myself get up early and go to #CrossFit in the woods, then pray, because the rest of the day is going to be give, give, give.

The #Qatar #WorldCup shenanigans is depressing. I’ve been out for a long (for me) #TrailRun today to clear my head. And now I’m going to settled down with my current book, ‘Running to Resurrection’ by #Franciscan friar Clark Berge. It’s a good reminder that sport *can* be both genuinely healthy and spiritually wholesome.

St Mary’s Church, Haddington at dusk on #SilentSunday. #Photo #Church #Scotland #EastLothian

Saw this on the birdsite yesterday and it’s a pretty good analogy. #ClimateCrisis #EndFossilFuel #ClimateEmergency #ActNow

Entangled with spaniels on a dreich November evening.

Good morning from the #gym!
Weights today involved 3x3 back squats (52kg), superset with a 40kg bear hug carry and weighted jumping squats, followed by 3 rounds of TABATA - skipping, weighted squats and jumping lunges. I’m never going to be a fantastic athlete but I improve gently over time and I always feel better for getting out and doing something... especially with a good sunrise to enjoy! Feel like I’ve earned my morning coffee! #Crossfit