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I’m watching BBC Children in Need tonight. It is so moving to hear the amazing stories about wonderful resilient children in the UK who are facing daunting challenges but who non the less live their lives with such courage and hope that it is such an inspiration. I find myself full of admiration for the [...]

There is never a dull moment in life of a parish minister. I was sharing with you my visit to London a couple of weeks ago. This was an opportunity to tell more people about the story of the Vine Trust and also to engage the support of big business and also parliamentarians as we [...]

The phone rang and the voice on the other end said “it’s finished- completed It was Rae telling me she had completed the Church promotional video. The truth is we’ve been trying to do this for months on end but other things have come in the way. However Rae was determined that I would see [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Robert Calvert, in an article written for the Lausanne Conversation entitled ” Secularity: Dogma meets Diversity in Europe”, makes the following comment,” The challenge of secularity is to make the case for the truth of Christ in societies that are pluralistic and globalized and to build the peace of Christ in societies that are broken [...]

The Summer seems to have really arrived here in Bo’ness. everything is looking absolutely spectacular. The Bo’ness Fair has a great influenece on the way the town looks at this time of the year. Most people have put extra work into their gardens and it means that the whole town looks well cared for and [...]

I was speaking to a parent of one of our youth leader today. He told me he didn’t go to church however he was perfectly comfortable coming into St Andrew’s to work with his son on a joint radio programme. As we spoke he said to me. “Yeah this place is different its not a [...]

Hey can you believe it? Its that time of the year. Yes today ValleyFM goes live on air right up to the the Saturday of Bo’ness Fair. iIf you live in the Bo’ness area you’ll find them on the radio at 87.7FM otherwise you can click here and find the radio station. We’re go on [...]

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 [...]