Interrupted by a hen party
posted: 9 Jul 2012 comments: 4category:
Here I am settling down to write my blog on the train from Edinburgh to Scarborough. What an interesting week has just past! On Monday I shared with you all the experience of taking the 21 Gun Salute at Edinburgh Castle. Then on Tuesday it was an afternoon at the Queen's Garden Party at Holyrood. I always seem to meet interesting people on these occasions. Tuesday was no exception. It's not always the famous people who are the most interesting.
Then when it came to...
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What an amazing day we experienced on Friday. This of course was Martha's day. She was the one being honoured by our community as she crowned the Bo'ness Fair Queen.It all started with a pipe band marching into our driveway. When was the last time someone said to you, "Look there's a pipe band playing in your driveway?"
For those of you who have no knowledge of this event. It is now accepted to be the biggest childrens' Fair of its kind in Europe. This town knows...
If only my father could have seen me the other day standing here beside a huge tractor. My father was a plough boy at the age of twelve. He was someone who was always connected to the land. The soil was in his blood you might say. The one thing he detested was tractors. He believed that they were too big and heavy and that they would affect the quality of the soil over the years. For him there was nothing better than the horses pulling the plough.
We've moved on from...
I'm on the East Coast rail line heading for King's Cross . It is quite a scenic route. The views are stunning. Tomorrow will be a splendid day full of colour and pageantry. What a magnificent event to be celebrating. I'm really feeling quite privileged to be Moderator at this time.
Its only right that we should make a fuss over this Jubilee. Sixty years of service to the nation! Its a wonderful endorsement of the wisdom of years. It also has a knock...
Being a minister of the Gospel is a great privilege. Yesterday I had the unique opportunity to preach at the Scottish War Memorial in Edinburgh Castle. This is a service that takes place every year. It is a chance to remember and support in prayer all those who carry with them the wounds and scars of war and who feel the loss and pain of bereavement. It is a special service in that it seeks to highlight Scots who have given the greatest sacrifice of all. While there is...