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Here’s italker on the extreme right,standing next to Peter Hall, with the site foreman on Peter’s immediate right. Now on the extreme left is Willie McPherson the CEO of Vine Trust. Now the question is what is Willie thinking? And the question is whose hard hat and boiler suit is it that is laying over [...]

It was all go today. Willie McPherson and myself were up sharp at 5.00am to catch the early flight from Gatwick to Gibralter. We were met by fellow Church of Scotland minister, Ewen McLean who took us to our hotel and then arranged for us to meet some of the local clergy. Ewen is one [...]

Everything happens in God’s time. I locked the door of the church last night and handed the congregation over to the leadership of my good friend Peter Neilson. What a great day of celebration Sunday turned out to be. First of all it was wonderful to have Elisa back again on the keyboards and Jimmy [...]

I’m pretty cheesed off today. Well I had a pretty good day until I was told that BBC Scotland intend to axe the Saturday morning Janice Forsyth Show. This may seem to those who don’t listen to Janice on a Saturday morning to be the way of the world. Nothing stays the same, radio programme [...]

The picture you see is of a cross that was given to me on Sunday by a member of the congregation who spent hours carving and honing this little piece of wood. It fits into your hand almost like a glove. “I made it for you to carry in your pocket” my friend said as [...]

There I was standing in Waverley Station this morning waiting for SJ to arrive. This was a father and son outing. It was breakfast first then off to New College for a seminar on ‘ Does the Church Need Theology?” One thing I needed this morning was breakfast, We were surprised how many cafes were [...]

I guess my role as a the parish minister is a bit ubiquitous. One week I’m in Peru talking to health specialist and social workers about how to improve the lot of Street Children or exploring with others how the ships in the Amazon can be used to help save a Tribe known as the [...]

Lima is an amazing city with over 8 million of a population. You can sense the changes that are happening in society. Increased wealth and confidence and a booming economy. Yet we need to be reminded that the country still has a hinterland of rural communities which are being challenged by the enconomic improvement of [...]