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Nothing quite like a snow fall to turn our lives upside down. Perhaps even for the better. We’re sitting here in Bo’ness with about 10 inches of snow on the path. The poor weather looks like continuing and I guess for the next few days we’ll all be out with our snow shovels moving snow. [...]

just got back this evening from a speaking engagement at Moffat. It was a wonderful opportunity to tell a whole new group of people about the work of the Vine Trust. I got back into Bo’ness just in time to catch up with Craig Hannah one of our church voluntary youth workers who does an [...]

I’m watching BBC Children in Need tonight. It is so moving to hear the amazing stories about wonderful resilient children in the UK who are facing daunting challenges but who non the less live their lives with such courage and hope that it is such an inspiration. I find myself full of admiration for the [...]

I’ve been preparing some of the material for the next Sanctuary First Service which is coming up on the 5 December. The Theme is ” Don’t put the light out” The theme is all about not allowing ourselves to become despondent when we are facing hard and challenging situations. The thing is we can’t always [...]

There is never a dull moment in life of a parish minister. I was sharing with you my visit to London a couple of weeks ago. This was an opportunity to tell more people about the story of the Vine Trust and also to engage the support of big business and also parliamentarians as we [...]

As we approach this time of Remembrance I’d like to encourage you if your reading the blog to take a moment and engage with our Sanctuary First Theme this month. I was at the service on Sunday evening and it was absolutely brilliant. The team made a first class job of the theme. It really [...]

Cold damp November Sunday morning Boots and berries Top and toe, comrades who once fought a common foe. They march in solidarity to remember what they have tried to forget. Its sixty five years for some since the guns fell silent. For others the guns still pound in their heads and in their hands Their [...]

Its getting late and I’ll be up early in the morning to catch the early flight to London. Tomorrow will be our official launch of the Vine Trust in London. Our launch is being sponsored by the All Parliamentary Group for Peru. The host for this event is our local MP Michael Connarty who is [...]

I’ve started writing up my experience of the Lausanne Congress. The theme of the congress was ” God in Christ reconciling the world to himself ” this text is found in 2 Corinthians 5.19 . Its an amazing text for it gives us a great hint about the nature of God. God is in the [...]

Weeling is a township on the edge of nowhere. I don’t think I’ll forget it in a hurry. It’s situated on a flat plain no shelter from the wind or the sun. And it certainly hasn’t be sheltered from the hard economics of the world recession. It is as far as the sophisticated world of [...]