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Last year we put together a challenge for people to sign up to on their mobile phones. It was part of our Chocolate Sunday theme it was really quite successful so we’ve got it running again. check it out on the Sanctuary First web site.
Chocolate Sunday is all about debunking the idea that [...]

Recently i’ve met so many people who are just struggling to stay on their feet, but they want so much more from life. They don’t want to give up but hey don’t know how to stay up. This post is for them.
Holding your nerve. Getting up in the morning to face the day. Engaging [...]

I don’t know about you but I get so frustrated with the banking world. So much has become impersonal however what I’m going to write about today I want to preface with the comment that over the years I’ve been most impressed with our local Bank of Scotland branch staff in Bo’ness.
Today was no [...]

Well its another working day and I’m back at my desk. This time last week I was walking around Lima doing a bit of shopping and having a coffee before catching the plane. Anyway it all seems a long time ago – when you get back into the cut and thrust of parish [...]

Last week i received an email from my friend Alfred Thacker he asked me if we could help supply blankets for around 60 children who live in the little Mission School situated near the village called Marraiyoor in the state of Kerala.
I have visited this little school and have noted the excellent work [...]

I was walking past a couple of elders as they talked in church on Sunday . I couldn’t help but overhear their conversation. They were talking to each other about the challenges that face them in the workplace. I stopped and listened to them as they began to share with me some of the [...]

I just felt there was a touch of arrogance in the actions of Hoon and Hewitt as they stepped out into the light of the media. Here were two MPs full of their own importance. They were going to be the saviours of the Labour Party. It was their plan to have a leadership contests [...]

I felt a touch of history repeating itself today as I read in the news about the world’s tallest building being opened today. It stands at 828 metres and has cost 1.5 billion dollars to build. So what makes us wish to build higher and higher. I guess there is a human desire to stretch [...]

Don’t give up – there is always a way to fix things. If your in a bad place at the moment watch this little video clip it brought a tear to my eye.
All of us at sometime in life get stuck in reverse. Instead of going forward everthing seems to be going backwards. We have [...]

Reflecting