Thoughts and Music: Recent Episodes
Glasgow Cathedral
Thoughts and Music from services in Glasgow Cathedral together with information about the Cathedral and the Church.
The Cathedral's Minister Rev Mark Johnstone in conversation with Rev Scott Johnson, minister of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church in New York City discussing how the Church is coping with the current global pandemic.
Join with Rev Mark Johnstone, Director of Music Andrew Forbes, Cathedral Choir members Rachel Thomas, Beth Taylor, David Lee and Jonathan Forbes Kennedy, plus special guests Alastair McDonald and Kristine Al Jndi for a moving and uplifting message at this particularly worrying Eastertide.
Minister Rev Mark and Session Clerk Glen talk to Rev Fran Ota from Toronto in Canada about the Covid - 19 situation there, and other topics of interest.
Rev Mark and Clerk Glen reflect on how the first day of the British lockdown has gone with a bit of music from Malcolm and the Cathedral Choir (recorded some time earlier)
Rev Mark Johnstone and Session Clerk Glen Collie discuss some of the aspect ways in which Glasgow Cathedral is involved in the events of the city and wider community.
Rev Mark Johnstone and Joint Session Clerk Glen Collie talk about death, dying and funerals in Glasgow Cathedral.
In this podcast Rev Mark Johnstone and Joint Session Clerk Glen Collie discuss aspects of being baptised, or Christened into the Christian Faith. What it means for the individual and the greater community of Christ. They look at the practical steps towards being baptised at a service in the Cathedral.
A conversation with the Cathedral Minister, Revd Mark Johnstone about being wed in Glasgow Cathedral.
Following on from our earlier explanation of the Service of Choral Evensong, here are readings by Rev Mark and Glen from the source chapters in Luke's Gospel. These are the stories which provide the background to the Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis which are essentially prayers sung by the Cathedral Choir each week.
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This is an explanation of the form and content of the Cathedral's Service of Choral Evensong.
From Choral Evensong on the 7th of July Psalm 30 - Exaltabo te Domine and a thought from Rev Mark Johnstone, Minister of Glasgow Cathedral.