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I’ve been trying to keep my focus on the real importance of Christmas this year. It’s so easy to miss the point. Its not about all the material things we give or even receive. I’ve been trying to understand what it means to encounter the joy and the peace of Christmas. I’ve been trying not [...]

Believe this or not but this is my 400th post. I’m just back from the church where Owen and I have been working on the lastest Christmas movie. We hope to have it finished for the Christmas Eve Watchnight Service. Today’s been a busy day. I ventured out in Martha’s car this morning. It’s a [...]

The BBC mentioned our Woolies project in the news today. I believe it was even covered later on in the television news. The story had been picked up by the Herald on Sunday and I guess it was thought to be a good news story for Christmas. Nativity I was out with a film crew [...]

I had an interesting start to the day. I went in search of Alan Stewart farmer and road haulier. I’ve known Alan’s family for many years. I wanted to meet up with a real life person connected with the business of sheep farming in order to make a podcast for Sanctuary First. When I finally [...]

The church building looks awesome. What do you think? Funny how the light changes things Dark gray stones turn red A green steeple looks purple A building towering over the houses below Almost hiding in the dark Can be seen from an other viewpoint A shining star radiates from the tower People in the houses [...]

There is nothing quite like a cold winter day in Scotland. If you live in Bo’ness there is always the added mystery of the steam train. I thought this picture turned out quite mysterious and magical. No wonder the old spiritual songs often centre around a “Gospel Train” No one ever knows where a day [...]

Church was busy tonight. We had a quick curry cookery demonstration going on in the kitchen while in the church itself people were putting the finishing touches to the Christmas decorations. The tree went up last Sunday but we left it empty so that we could use it as a prayer tree. Tonight we put [...]

Someone met my wife on the street last week. “I hear Albert’s bought Woolworth” was the comment. Funny how rumours can get around. It brought a smile to my face thinking about the first rumours of Jesus birth. Word was no doubt round the town that shepherds had seen angels and a baby had been [...]

Here are just some of the team that helped to put on Sanctuary First tonight. There are others who were still making last minute tweaks making sure it all went so smoothly they didn’t get in the picture. We had all just gathered round a huge pizza and it was demolished within a few minutes. [...]

I heard a story about a wee boy who visited a Presbyterian church for the first time. He had been used to worshipping as a Roman Catholic. On arrival in the church he asked his mother “What’s happened to Jesus?” He was of course looking at an empty cross. For him it was the crucified [...]