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As we all face the possibility of greater numbers of unemployed people due to the present economic downturn. Does this mean that work is defined simply by employment? As christians should we be encourageing more people to think about an intigrated life of service.
For the past couple of Sunday evenings I’ve been preaching about the [...]

Over the next few Sundays the themes of Sunday worship will centre around the stories of creation in the Bible. In the morning services we will seek to find a Christian response to the seemingly hopeless misuse of the earth’s resources. In the evening services we will start a new series centred around the [...]

A girl sings on the street
From the back of her throat
Her voice sings U2
Bono would be proud
No stadium to rock
Just a few pigeons
And a couple of old age pensioners
Tapping their feet
The Holy Trinity is behind her
” With or without you ”
Echoes off the walls
She gives herself away
Sharing songs on a lunchtime break
She’s coined a [...]

Here is sanctuary
Gulls are singing praise to God
Stone and wood
Touch earth and sky with grace
The river laps the sand with ease
Ancient sounds of monks are heard in the breeze
Singing songs and chants of praise
Holy Holy is the Lord
Colm’s island speaks of God
Hermit prayers can still be heard
Saints and sinners voices cry
Amidst [...]

My colleague Neil MacLennan who heads up Sanctus Media the production company that has grown out of the ministry here in St Andrew’s Bo’ness has worked his magic yet again and has figured out a way to allow our weekly streamed service to now be streamed on an iphone or an ipad. How cool [...]

Looking through the photograohs on my iphone this weekend just reminded me of all the excellent experiences that I was able to enjoy over the past few days. It was a real privelege to be able to attend the 2010 Edinburgh Missionary Conference and begin to write about some of the important issues that still [...]

Recently I had the opportunity to listen to Norman Drummond give an inspiring lecture on leadership at Edinburgh University entitled,” Wisdom and Magic” its well worth a listen. It turned out to be a great evening all round. I had the chance to catch up with a few friends followed by an excellent [...]

This has been a pretty busy week for all of us in and around St Andrew’s. A lot of busy people trying to catch up with themselves. I noticed the staff of Sanctus Media have been working really hard to get the DVD ready for the 25th Anniversary Dinner of the Vine Trust which was [...]

Well here’s the question how long will it take for “Nick to get Flegg Up”. How long will it take before we see headlines like “Nasty Nick does the Tories Dirty Work?” And how long will it take before people are wishing they had a “Sweet Chocolate Brownie in No 10″. Oh I’ve got another [...]

After all the years I’ve spent in ministry I’ve never been invited to a 100th birthday party. However all that will change today as I hope to attend the birthay of Mary Keel who is our oldest member of the congregation. Mary is a wonderful Christian lady. When she left school she went to work [...]