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After hearing the sad news about Peru here is a story to cheer you up. When we visited India last year  we met up with our friends at the Martha Clinic. Hearing Ruth tell us how they had been praying for this clinic for over twenty years was quite a moving experience. Realising that God [...]

Here I am reporting the devastating news. One of our homes for abandoned boys in Peru has been washed away by the severe flooding which has taken place in the “Sacred Valley”. Fortunately the boys were all on holiday at Kawia and the home was empty. The home was recommended to be built on the [...]

I was recording some pocasts for the Sanctuary First website yesterday, the theme was all about struggle and wrestling with God. I was amused, while flicking through Youtube to come across a group of people who believe in “Christian Wrestling”. Well to say they believe in wrestling might not be quite right. They certainly are [...]

Following on from my last post. I wonder if the Christian Community in he UK and in Scotland needs to be more pro-active to support and encourage Christians to live out the Gospel in the workplace. I really don’t think we need to be over zealous and be “in people’s face” because there are always [...]

I was walking past a couple of elders as they talked in church on Sunday . I couldn’t help but overhear their conversation. They were talking to each other about the challenges that face them in the workplace. I stopped and listened to them as they began to share with me some of the issues [...]

I received this story in an email, I usually just delete stories like this however I’m glad I had a read at this one. I checked it out on Youtube and have put the video as one of my featured videos this week. “Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The [...]

Today is Communion Sunday at St Andrew’s Bo’ness. For some of you who don’t know too much about the Church of Scotland you might be a little surprised. For you every Sunday is Communion Sunday. Well in the Church of Scotland most congregations celebrate Communion four times a year. In more recent times some congregations [...]

An emergency appeal for Haiti has been launched by Christian Aid . A major earthquake struck the country a couple of days ago. Thousands of people are dead, or buried alive and some have said there could be hundreds of thousands left homeless. No one really knows the extent of the damage but it looks [...]