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Walking back home Sore feet Sore head Sore heart So tired So sorry So what Walking back home Still seeking Still weeping Still reaping Say something Say nothing Say everything Walking back home No promises No comprimises November To slow To know To say Nothing Instead I’m Forgiven Words fail me

Don’t give up – there is always a way to fix things. If your in a bad place at the moment watch this little video clip it brought a tear to my eye. All of us at sometime in life get stuck in reverse. Instead of going forward everthing seems to be going backwards. We [...]

Before I get shopped from somewhere else let me explain the pictures that I posted yesterday of Grangemouth Refinery were googled. I went looking for the pics I took in early September couldn’t find them they must have been deleted from my phone. Anyway things are getting ready over here for the St Andrew’s Day [...]

Here’s a warning. Watch out ! You may be taking a perfectly innocent photograph but you don’t know whose taking a photograph of you in return. You might get “photo shopped” A few months ago I stopped to take a picture of the magical fairyland that Grangemouth becomes when it gets dark. I thought nothing [...]

Its a dreary damp day in Central Scotland and I’m listening to “We See Lights” new album. And I no longer feel dreary because the music lifts my soul. There’s a beautiful song called ” Ghosts and Monsters” it has a wonderful hope filled lyric and I just love to discover music that speaks to [...]

Did you know this week is Prisoner’s Week? Its an opportunity to think about those who find themselves in prison and who are trying to think about the changes they will make when they get released. Over the years I’ve met some really intetesting people in prison. The fact is that many of us would [...]

I’m getting ready to attend a conference in Aviemore. It’s run by the Church of  Scotland to help elders and ministers understand how to deal with conflict in our churches when it arises. I’m looking forward to it . Of course this is nothing new, where you find people in community you will also find [...]

Reflecting

I think it is a good thing that more and more people are observing the two minutes silence on the 11 November. I believe that a thousands of people in various locations stopped to reflect upon those ho have lost their lives. I think it must be an encouragement to those who returned home. It [...]

We’ve had Mrs Jones and Mrs Robinson now we have Mrs Janes. I fear that Mr Brown knows there is nothing he can say to Mrs Janes that will ease her pain. His dilemna is what not to say. Those of us who have spent our lives around grieving families know how fagile bereaved parents [...]