Category Archives: Current Message

Into the Future THE BEGINNING of a new year tends to be a time for resolutions and predictions. I’ve long since given up on resolutions finding that, before long, all good intention has been somehow lost in the ether of … Continue reading →

During Advent,  with the help of Jen Robertson from Scripture Union, the Minister led a group of volunteers from the congregation in presenting a programme of activities based on our understanding of Christmas to Primary 6 pupils. The event was … Continue reading →

“The Beginning of the End ? ” As if the Churches in Scotland don’t have enough problems to contend with right now the much respected Herald columnist Harry Reid has recently written that it is now time for the Church … Continue reading →

AN UNEXPECTED CRUCIFIXION  During Lent, a scandal of enormous importance rocked the Church in Scotland.  Cardinal Keith O’Brian, the most senior Roman Catholic cleric in Britain and leader of the Catholic Church in Scotland, had expected to be in Rome … Continue reading →

Another new beginning … The name of this month, January, comes from the old Greek god Janus, the god of beginnings and transitions, of gates and doorways.  It’s a good name for the first month of the year and I … Continue reading →

Nearly into September and still waiting on summer weather.  I hope the rain has not been too depressing. One of the more obvious differences between church life here in Scotland and that on the other side of the Atlantic is … Continue reading →