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French authorities forced a series of evictions of asylum-seekers and migrants living in makeshift encampments around Calais today. No doubt you may have seen the pictures as they were broadcast as part of the News. So what is it that makes people risk everything to try and win British Citizenship? Maybe we have so much [...]

Oh What a night !  Late September  back in 2009.  I opened the door of the church lounge , the place was jammed packed with parents waiting to pick their kids up from Anchor Boys. ” I think  I’ll install a coffee machine in here for you guys, I quipped . Monica, our welcome co-ordinator was [...]

So how do we respond to all the conflicting and confusing views we hear when it comes to the great moral issues of our day? I sometimes think it is easy to get things out of perspective, however there is little doubt that the temptation facing all of us is to become cynical about people [...]

Yesterday I was out doing some visits around the parish. In the course of one of my visits it dawned on me that it was on the 16 September 1981 that I was ordained into St Andrew’s Bo’ness. When I returned home the card on the left was waiting in my inbox. The jungle drums [...]

Here’s a blast from the past. Thought some of you guys might like to see the Bogle Band in action some 20 years ago on the BBC programme entitled “High Spirits” Here’s a rendering of “Be Thou My Vision”. I think its still one of my favourite songs. Its a great reminder to all of [...]

We got a new carpet fitted recently. I felt sorry for the carpet fitter he worked hard all day to re-carpet our hall and stairs. When he was finished I think he could identify with this clip. Here’s a man who has worked hard all day and now deserves to have a smoke. Little does [...]

SF Can you pass the word around that we are looking for churches, or even a few passionate individuals who would like to partner us with the SANCTUARY FIRST initiative . We are confident that we have three partners willing to run with us for the launch of the project. However the success of the [...]

I’ve been thinking about rivers recently,  well the truth is I think about the river everyday. My house looks out on the River Forth. The thing is the river never stays the same it changes everyday in life. I believe its such a great privilege to live so close to a river.  There are so [...]

I’m trying to kept a promise I made to someone in India when I was there a few weeks ago. So I’m in Edinburgh this afternoon on church business meeting people at the central church offices. Its a busy place, even more so just at the end of the Festival. Its a cold damp lunchtime. [...]