Spirituality

Coming in to a concert from a busy and wintery world outside takes a mental adjustment, and so what better than a thoughtful opening overture.

The Davenport brothers, Willie and Ira, were among the most famous of the spiritualists operating in the Victorian era.

I was reminded this past week that I was the first member to demand an emergency debate of the Church of England’s General Synod.

Four out of every five tickets sold at the Edinburgh Usher Hall for the Dalai Lama public talk were online which was an all time record for the Usher Hall.

In a follow on to his international best seller Ethics for a New Millennium His Holiness The Dalai Lama will speak on Beyond Religion: Ethics for a Whole World and outline a system of secular ethic

The Edinburgh Inter Faith Association, the Conference of Edinburgh’s Religious Leaders and City of Edinburgh Council, has announced that that The Dalai Lama will visit Scotland in late June 2

Three candidates have been short-listed for election to the office of Scottish Episcopal  Bishop of Edinburgh which became vacant in August 2011 following the retirement of the Rt Rev.

The Roman Catholic Church in Scotland and now the Church of Scotland have come out against same-sex marriages, and they consider civil partnerships quite sufficient.

The Edinburgh Inter-Faith Association (EIFA), with the support of the Scottish Government and the City of Edinburgh Council, will shortly hold its fifth successive Edinburgh Inter Faith Week.

The founder of an international interdenominational charity that helps street children has been chosen to be the next Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Following on from Edinburgh's Christmas Light Night on the Mound, St Giles is the scene of this festive Christmas Carol Service marking Scotland&r

Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day or Poppy Day, commemorates the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war.

Remembrance Day, also known as Armistice Day or Poppy Day, commemorates the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war. Two minutes of silence is marked on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, which is the anniversary of the ending of the First World War in 1918 between the Allies and Germany.

The Right Reverend Brian Smith, Scottish Episcopal Bishop of Edinburgh, has now retired and the task of finding a successor is under way.

A former university lecturer will be ordained on 30 September 2011 as the first of the Church of Scotland's new pioneering type of ministers.

Satsang means being together with an enlightened one, who is fully available to guide people to the light of their own wisdom-heart. This meeting can be an inspiration to find your way to truth that will bring you to fulfilment of your deepest desire: inner peace and freedom.

In the meetings with Prajnaparamita questions can be asked or one can just be present in silence. The real meeting is beyond all words; the real meeting is in the silence of the heart, where all differences merge in One.

The King James translation of the Bible is 400 years old and in the course of an hour the very eloquent actor Lance Pierson, sadly albeit with a bad back, quoted short, poignant and significant passages from it.

The City Art Centre unveiled its latest exhibition at the end of July, the David Mach RA RSA presentation Precious Light: a celebration of the King James Bible 1611-2011, an exhibition in sculpture and collage. There is also an exhibition of historic Bibles, in particular the King James Bible which is celebrating its 400th anniversary this year, and a demonstration of how the English-language bible has so influenced how and what we say in every day speech.

Central Hall in Tollcross is the new home to Morningside Baptist Church, which they have bought from the Methodist Church.

The annual week-long second hand book sale in aid of Christian Aid at St Andrew's and St George's West Church in George Street this year raised in excess of £113,000.