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Effective Faith Sharing in the Workplace

Following on from my last post. I wonder if the Christian Community in he UK and in Scotland needs to be more pro-active to support and encourage Christians to live out the Gospel in the workplace. I really don’t think we need to be over zealous and be “in people’s face” because there are always [...]

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Do we define the space or does the space define us?

Do we define the space or does the space define us?

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 [...]

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Indian Pete – The Scottish Anti Slave Hero

Interesting to see how the new film Amazing Grace has caught the headlines. There are a number of interesting clips on the above web site worth looking at. The whole issue of slavery is something we should all be concerned about. Its not so much that we apologise for the deeds of past generations, [...]

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Grace is never cheap.

U2 is hard to beat as a band when it comes to raw emotion and energy. I just love the song entitled “Grace” from the “ALL THAT YOU CAN’T LEAVE BEHIND” Album. I like the clever way that Bono has personified the idea of grace. It is a very biblical idea to take [...]

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You can't change the message

Newbigin in his book, The Gospel in a Pluralist Society helps us begin to understand some of the issues we wrestle with as Christians every day in our lives. It’s a book worth reading. He reminds us how easy it is to recast the Christian story in terms that we think will make the message [...]

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