Are you in any videos?

It’s a question I’m often asked, and I have to admit my usual answer is, ‘I have no idea’ because while couples often send me their wedding photos, they don’t often send me their videos. I wrote about Carley and Fraser’s wedding back in 2017, for instance and I’ve never seen their trailer until today. … Continue Reading

Destination Weddings

Despite all the uncertainty over the UK’s future, more and more couples are choosing Scotland as the place they want to tie the knot.  Just two days ago, I conducted the wedding of Julie and Nicolas, a French couple who brought their families over to see them getting married on the shores of Loch Fyne, … Continue Reading

Thank you, thank you

I get lots of cards and messages from families and friends after my funerals and it’s hard to know what to do with them. Even though speaking about death is become a more accepted part of contemporary life, it doesn’t feel quite right to share them on social media, or at least I haven’t yet found … Continue Reading

Speaking at Funerals

I saw a story the other day that took me aback a bit. Father Joseph Anthony Toal is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Motherwell and he found himself all over the papers when an instruction he’d sent to his clergy was leaked to a journalist. He even made the Daily Telegraph. He told his priests to refuse requests … Continue Reading