Amy Jo Philip
@ambulancebox.bsky.social
Poet. Author of “The Ambulance Box” and “The North End of the Possible”. New book coming in 2026. | Priest in the Scottish Episcopal Church Diocese of Edinburgh and member of general synod | she/her 🏳️⚧️ https://linktr.ee/amyjophilp
It's been some week! Started with an individual retreat at Whitchester house near Hawick & midweek Eucharist at St Cuthbert's Hawick, then on Thurs my licensing as part-time transitional priest-in-charge of Grangemouth and Bo'ness. Now I'm off to the the Edinburgh diocese electoral synod.
September 27, 2025 at 9:01 AM
It's been some week! Started with an individual retreat at Whitchester house near Hawick & midweek Eucharist at St Cuthbert's Hawick, then on Thurs my licensing as part-time transitional priest-in-charge of Grangemouth and Bo'ness. Now I'm off to the the Edinburgh diocese electoral synod.
It was a real joy to give the reflection at this service for #StirlingPride tonight. #Pride #FaithfullyLGBTQ
September 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It was a real joy to give the reflection at this service for #StirlingPride tonight. #Pride #FaithfullyLGBTQ
So, here's how I spent my Saturday. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
June 10, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So, here's how I spent my Saturday. www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
Also seen in the wild.
May 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Also seen in the wild.
The very talented @spinestoat.bsky.social painted this for my 50th birthday, which was on Wednesday. Isn't it wonderful?
February 7, 2025 at 5:48 AM
The very talented @spinestoat.bsky.social painted this for my 50th birthday, which was on Wednesday. Isn't it wonderful?
He has the right idea, I feel.
January 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
He has the right idea, I feel.
Experimental cooking for Ne'erday breakfast: haggis s'mores, aka s'mairs. Haggis sandwiched between tattie scones and topped with a savoury chocolate sauce. I can't quite remember what gave rise to the idea but it came about just after watching the Doctor Who Christmas special.
January 1, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Experimental cooking for Ne'erday breakfast: haggis s'mores, aka s'mairs. Haggis sandwiched between tattie scones and topped with a savoury chocolate sauce. I can't quite remember what gave rise to the idea but it came about just after watching the Doctor Who Christmas special.
Gorgeous, painterly skies over Bo'ness this morning.
December 28, 2024 at 11:02 AM
Gorgeous, painterly skies over Bo'ness this morning.
Just home from presiding and preaching at midnight mass for the first time ever. (As I did my curacy at a cathedral, I never got the chance to do either during my training.) Happily joining #clergymaltclub with a wee dram of Glen Keith.
December 25, 2024 at 12:59 AM
Just home from presiding and preaching at midnight mass for the first time ever. (As I did my curacy at a cathedral, I never got the chance to do either during my training.) Happily joining #clergymaltclub with a wee dram of Glen Keith.
The roof of my car this morning. Isn't it bonnie? Jack Frost has been busy in the few places he can get to these days. When I was wee and before we had central heating installed, this was what my bedroom windows would look like in winter. I loved that! I didn't love getting up in the cold, though.
December 3, 2024 at 9:33 AM
The roof of my car this morning. Isn't it bonnie? Jack Frost has been busy in the few places he can get to these days. When I was wee and before we had central heating installed, this was what my bedroom windows would look like in winter. I loved that! I didn't love getting up in the cold, though.
Every night, the National Gallery of Scotland comes out as pansexual.
November 30, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Every night, the National Gallery of Scotland comes out as pansexual.
That's me and @spinestoat.bsky.social on the wey tae see Josie Giles and Malin Lewis's "Unco" at the #EdinburghFuturesInstitute! Ah'm unco excitit as yese can see.
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November 29, 2024 at 5:13 PM
That's me and @spinestoat.bsky.social on the wey tae see Josie Giles and Malin Lewis's "Unco" at the #EdinburghFuturesInstitute! Ah'm unco excitit as yese can see.
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The algorithm agrees with the poet 🤣:
November 24, 2024 at 9:51 PM
The algorithm agrees with the poet 🤣:
A Beatitude for #transdayofremembrance
This year, we remember 350 #transgender people whom we know have been murdered in the past 12 months. The real figure is likely greater due to underreporting. We also remember those who have died at their own hands, who are no less victims of transphobia.
This year, we remember 350 #transgender people whom we know have been murdered in the past 12 months. The real figure is likely greater due to underreporting. We also remember those who have died at their own hands, who are no less victims of transphobia.
November 20, 2024 at 8:03 PM
A Beatitude for #transdayofremembrance
This year, we remember 350 #transgender people whom we know have been murdered in the past 12 months. The real figure is likely greater due to underreporting. We also remember those who have died at their own hands, who are no less victims of transphobia.
This year, we remember 350 #transgender people whom we know have been murdered in the past 12 months. The real figure is likely greater due to underreporting. We also remember those who have died at their own hands, who are no less victims of transphobia.
Moon making rainbows in the clouds tonight.
November 17, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Moon making rainbows in the clouds tonight.
November 16, 2024 at 5:33 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,112,920. Not that I've done that much since I got here, but we'll see how it goes from here on in.
September 19, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #6,112,920. Not that I've done that much since I got here, but we'll see how it goes from here on in.
It's publication day for this beastly little volume of poetry from Sidekick Books, which although slim, includes my longest poem yet, in which a band of queer wordsmiths defend Edinburgh from the ravages of a muckle ugsome creature.
September 2, 2024 at 10:06 AM
It's publication day for this beastly little volume of poetry from Sidekick Books, which although slim, includes my longest poem yet, in which a band of queer wordsmiths defend Edinburgh from the ravages of a muckle ugsome creature.
If you see this, post a picture you took at sunset.
August 22, 2024 at 7:37 PM
If you see this, post a picture you took at sunset.
Am I - whisper it - getting curves? This #HRT business really is amazing, isn't it? Loving my #translife!
August 13, 2024 at 12:01 PM
Am I - whisper it - getting curves? This #HRT business really is amazing, isn't it? Loving my #translife!