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I’ve been away from my desk for a few days, I took some time off this week to continue working on a new album of songs.We escaped to the Highlands to record and we think the results have been worthwhile It was great to meet up with iain Jamieson and start developing some of the [...]

Preachers today live in a highly competitive world. The art of communication is being developed and honed in so many ways. The preacher needs to become more aware of these skills and become conversant with them. This is a huge task that faces the church as we seek to communicate with a world that has [...]

After journeying together for nearly ten weeks the Apha Course at the Inchyra Grange came to an end tonight. I must say that I have really enjoyed sharing the teaching with Jerome and Maggie. Jerome is the Presbytery Clerk and Minister at Polmont Old. We really worked well together. This was the first time our [...]

Every year we make a Christmas movie.Here is one we made a few years ago. I hope you enjoy it. It has quite a lot of good points that could be raised in a sermon, or as part of a youth discussion group. What follows now is part 2 of of Comfort and Joy. We [...]

Every year we try to make something of Christmas. I especially like to do something at Advent to help everyone start to prepare for Christmas. This year is no exception. We’ve got a group together who call themselves the Advent Angels. They have been working on a number of ideas. The above design is going [...]

Well I asked you all for a big bag of money to buy blankets for the Leprosy Colony. In just over a week I’ve received well in excess of £1300.00. The money is now in India and the blankets are being purchased. A big thank you to those people who sent in their contributions. It [...]

We had a very interesting few hours in Polmont Young Offenders Prison on Wednesday. Over 80% of all young adults in the prison were there due to alcohol related crimes. So why does our government allow shops to sell cheap alcohol to young people. Another interesting statistic was that many of the crimes were related [...]

You’ll never guess where I’m going tomorrow? Polmont Young Offenders Institute! A few years ago I did a “Johnny Cash”, I took my guitar and sang in the prison. A riot nearly broke out. I think the song lyrics were an invitation to violence. Anyway thought I’d get you thinking about prisons, but before you [...]

Today is Remembrance Sunday I think it is one of the most important services in the church calendar. War is such a horrific experience, it is such a tragic waste of precious life. Yet it is our duty to take time to remember those who have given their lives in the noble cause of serving [...]

One of the most exciting things that we have been developing in Bo’ness is a small video production unit. Its well worth having a look at some of the videos we have produced over the past view years. Here are just a sample of a view that we have posted up on Youtube. The future [...]