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I had an interesting day today. I spent most of the morning writing and preparing material for the worship the General Assembly. This afternoon I took dorm of the ladies who working in branches through to the Barge in Leith to let them see how the Trust is making use of this magnificent facility. We [...]

Last Easter I stood on the streets of Edinburgh and offered men and women the most powerful symbol of God’s Love. The bread and the wine. Here is an every day household commodity that has become a symbol speaking of the broken body of Jesus. I was amazed at the number of people who stopped [...]

Its the strangest feeling being in the study on a Saturday evening and not having to prepare a sermon after 30 years of preparing at least two sermons and sometimes three per week. I think I’ve got withdrawal symptoms. Anyway, I still had a busy but interesting week moving between meetings at 121 and also [...]

Leonardo lives on in a Scottish painter Stuart Duffin. I think it is wonderful when talented contemporary artists take up the challenge of painting well known classical Biblical themes. I especially like when they put their own spin on the painting. Stuart Duffin has done such a thing. I believe this painting was just finished [...]

I’ve been reflecting on three words today. “to pass on” The meaning of these words are tied up in the context and the way you say them. You can say “I”ll pass on the fish today” and you think of someone in a restaurant commenting on the menu. In the same restaurant a minute later [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]