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Father’s thought.
Carried on His Breath
became
a Word
formed in flesh
The Word was
ubiquitous.
Too powerful
to live
in time.
Too gracious
to refuse
to touch the ground.
Yet the Word was
eternal,
as the thought
as the breath,
that formed life
from the ground.
On the ground,
life
muffled,
misunderstood,
graffitied,
strangled,
the breath.
Deconstructed
The Word.
Flesh
crucified
flesh.
Wiped out
removed
crossed out
The Word.
But the Word
could never be
forgotten
reconfigured
re-thought
Because it is
Eternal
As God Himself

Your Mouse is Fast
We all know that we are living in a fast moving world. If we knew just how fast perhaps it would scare us all to death. I guess the greatest impact of speed on all of our lives over the past twenty years has been the meteoric rise of the internet. [...]

I find it strange that people who never go to church and know very little about the things of the faith want to participate in the idea of giving something up for Lent. I’m sure that there is a sense in which many people feel they have so much and they feel guilty [...]

I came across this quote from Mother Theresa I thought it was worth noting.

“People are often, unreasonable,
illogical, and self- centred
Forgive them anyway
If you are kind people may acuse you
of selfish ulterior motive.
Be kind anyway
If you are successful you will win some
false friends and true enemies
Succeed anyway
If you are honest and frank
people may cheat [...]

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 [...]

Just back from spending an overnight at St Mary’s Momastery, Kinoull, Perthshire. As part of the Sanctuary First development group we were working. It was a really enjoyable time. I’m sure we’ve made some good progress.
We talked a lot last night
Thinking out loud
Maybe too loud
Questioning
What would be allowed
Searching
Trying to reach out
To touch
To grasp
ideas beyond [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Today is Communion Sunday at St Andrew’s Bo’ness. For some of you who don’t know too much about the Church of Scotland you might be a little surprised. For you every Sunday is Communion Sunday. Well in the Church of Scotland most congregations celebrate Communion four times a year. In more recent times some [...]

For those of you who were looking forward to Sanctuary First on 10 January in Bo’ness I hope you’ll be able to attend the next one. Perhaps the poor weather will give us an opportunity to develop the theme and make it even more interesting. The theme that we’ve chosen for Sanctuary First is [...]