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In my last post I invited ministers and others to get out on the streets this Good Friday and share the Good News that sins can be forgiven. This forgiveness thing , is really causing a lot of heart searching in the congregation of St Andrew’s Bo’ness.  R.T. Kendall’s book on “Totally Forgiving Ourselves” has [...]

Last year  on Good Friday I took some bread and wine and placed it on a busy Edinburgh Street. I was interested to see the response that people would have to the image. Click here to see the video.This year I feel drawn to take the whole image a bit further forward. I’d like to [...]

Well, iTalker is back after being silent for a couple of weeks. Life has been pretty hectic trying to catch up with the work of the parish, after the trip to Peru. Some things have got to go or take a back seat  in order to make sure the essential things are completed. I guess [...]

When we started out on this whole adventure of taking the message to the streets I never thought it would end up back here in Bo’ness. Yesterday was Good Friday, we took to the street with our Labyrinth and it was an amazing success just listen to how people in the streets of Bo’ness responded [...]

We’re planning to show the “Passion” on Good Friday afternoon in the church at 2.00pm. We decided to do this because we felt that some people might find it helpful to come and sit in the quiet of the church and reflect upon the reality of Calvary. However this film is not for the faint [...]

Well we started filming in Edinburgh this afternoon. We had quite an interesting reception. Put the table out with the bread and wine. Guess what? People stopped and read the notice. I overhead one young guy say to his pal, “that’s all about Jesus, he’s sound”. Another young woman came up to me and asked [...]

It’s true what they say songs take on a life of their own. If you are a songwriter you always have to be prepared to give it away. In reality it never belongs to you in the first place. Many people contribute to the ideas that make up a song. A few years ago I [...]

Most people just live their lives oblivious to the reality of the world that is all around them. We drive past so many things of beauty and worth. My wife Martha is continually encouraging me to get out of the car and start walking. She’s right. When you take to the streets you see things [...]