Archive | July, 2008

Bogle Band Vine Trust And Waverley

Well can you believe it the Bogle Band is out on he road for the second time this Summer. Carberry Featival last month and ” Doon the Watter” this month. Tomorrow evening Iain and I will be performing on the world famous Waverley Paddle Steamer. Have a look at the picture above. She really is [...]

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Church Within and Without Walls – A Place to Hang Out!

You never know who is hanging around the church. Especially if the church is St Andrew’s Bo’ness. It could be a group of teenagers preparing for the Children’s Holiday Club. You might even meet the phantom gardeners who turn up unannounced and have turned a wilderness into a garden. If you stay long enough you [...]

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Mamma Mia

Talking with the script writer I went to see the movie “Mamma Mia” last night. I really didn’t know what it was all about. I thought it was the story of ABBA, instead it was really a Chic flick. I realised I should have taken a rain check when I had the opportunity. So all [...]

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The Church outside always open!

We went for a walk through the Queen Elizabeth Forrest Park the other day starting at Kinlochard. It was a brillant day for walking, the sun was out but there was also a breeze blowing. We walked for about three hours. At one part of the walk we reached a summit which gave us an [...]

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Mission ? – When some thing is missing!

I came across a fellow blogger while on holiday in Orkney. Andrew Jones is quite a well known writer especially on the topic of the Emerging Church . He was telling me that he set Jonny Baker up with his first blog Anyway I looked up the Skinny Kiwi and found he was writing this [...]

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Reflecting on the past

Its hard not to be reminded of the imprint past generations have left on the earth, when visiting Orkney. The islands are full of ancient historical sites. Today we visited the Rings of Brodgar. Here is an ancient place where men and women in the ancient mists of time sought to find God. This reaching [...]

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Look out from where we are

I’ve spent the last few days in Orkney. Its quite a place, amazing sea views. There is nothing quite like a walk along the cliffs. Orkney has a wonderful shoreline. As you walk you become aware of the amazing power of the sea. It is this sea power that can change a coastline. We visited [...]

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