Watching the war in Syria for the last four years has been depressing, frustrating and disempowering, but Harriet Harris, my friend and colleague at the University of Edinburgh Chaplaincy Centre, has come up with a great initiative, which we launched this evening on the beach in North Berwick. It’s called A Light For Aleppo, and … Continue Reading
There are lots of definitions of what humanists believe. The Amsterdam Declaration is the best known, but when we at the CHA decided to give free membership to anyone who wants it, we decided to give a simpler definition, and here it is. Most humanist organisations define themselves by what they’re not and what they … Continue Reading
Thank you very much for everything Tim. It was definitely the hardest homework I have done! But a fantastic exercise to dig deep!
We thoroughly enjoyed it despite all the tears and our guests all said its the best wedding ceremony they had ever been to!
Oh oh. Here comes trouble… When someone as cute as Erin is the first to come down the white carpet, you know it’s going to be a good day. I had a great time when ‘The Tesco Boy’ and ‘The Hot Girl That Comes Into Tesco’ finally made it legal. –> Nicola and Martin … Continue Reading
Literally everyone who attended our wedding commented on how personal and sincere the ceremony was. Mostly people said that it felt ‘real’.
I know it sounds odd, but it’s not often I’m asked to conduct a funeral for a humanist. Lots of people want a humanist ceremony, but what they really want is, “something that’s not religious where we can talk about the person that we love”. We did that for Leslie too: his son Ian delivered a … Continue Reading
I’m tempted to let the pictures speak for themselves on this one… But I do want to say a couple of things about Jeremy and Lucy’s wedding. First of all, it was just such a happy day from the start: family and friends had flown from as far away as … Continue Reading
Sounds wrong doesn’t it? It’s just not done. But I think it should be. Katische Haberfeld is a photographer and advocate of ‘death literacy’ and she wrote a good piece in the Huffington Post that sets out her argument. You can read it here
The ceremony was great, it was the relaxed and personal ceremony we were hoping for. We had so many guests comment on how good it was and how it reflected us so well.