REFORM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND...

...a voice in the wilderness...

  • Home

  • About us

  • Flying kites of change

    • Dropping territorial ministry
    • Study Leave
    • Manses
    • Reforming Presbyteries, Councils and Gen
    • Salaries and stipends
    • New paths into ministry
    • Church Planning
  • Resources

    • Hoi Andrew!
    • Pray for Peace initiative
    • Church Without Walls Report
    • What should ministers do?
    • Christmas drama sketches
    • Rev I M Jolly (Junior)
    • Climate Change
  • RevRabRants The Monday Pause for Thought

  • Blog

  • Contact

  • The ten minute Word

  • More

    Use tab to navigate through the menu items.
    • All Posts
    • Local Church
    • National Church
    • Ministry
    • Whatever!
    Search
    Radical Report Card
    RevRabRants
    • Apr 25
    • 4 min

    Radical Report Card

    In 2018 the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland was presented with a Strategic Plan for 2018-2028. Following 60 years of constant...
    474 views0 comments
    Principle and Principal
    RevRabRants
    • Nov 21, 2021
    • 2 min

    Principle and Principal

    Where are our principles as a Church? What are our standards? Do we get them from the business world or do we get them from Jesus? He had...
    404 views1 comment
    Open letter to the Chief Officer and Assembly Trustees...M&Ms again!
    RevRabRants
    • May 17, 2021
    • 4 min

    Open letter to the Chief Officer and Assembly Trustees...M&Ms again!

    Dear Dave, John, and the Assembly Trustees, M&Ms…again! Having watched your pre-General Assembly interviews, I can see you are making...
    630 views1 comment
    Debenhams...Kirklands?
    RevRabRants
    • Mar 18, 2021
    • 3 min

    Debenhams...Kirklands?

    Kirklands and Co. It is with great dismay that the long-established storehouse giant, Kirklands and Co, has fallen into administration....
    383 views0 comments
    IF...
    RevRabRants
    • Mar 1, 2021
    • 4 min

    IF...

    David Attenborough addresses the UN on Climate Change (23rd February 2021): “If we continue on our current path we will face the collapse...
    222 views2 comments
    No honours, thank you Ma’am
    RevRabRants
    • Dec 31, 2020
    • 3 min

    No honours, thank you Ma’am

    2020, what a year, one we will never forget, for all the wrong reasons, and one which we long to leave behind. With a fresh start in the...
    333 views1 comment
    Church-Covid-Christmas
    RevRabRants
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 4 min

    Church-Covid-Christmas

    So the grand reopening never came to pass. It has stop-started for many months and, in our case at Falkirk Trinity, stopping again in the...
    245 views0 comments
    The Grand Reopening
    RevRabRants
    • Jul 17, 2020
    • 5 min

    The Grand Reopening

    Lockdown days were easy – stay at home, exercise once per day, only go to supermarket for essentials, save the NHS and save lives! OK,...
    1,254 views0 comments
    Pessioptimist
    RevRabRants
    • May 28, 2020
    • 5 min

    Pessioptimist

    How are you feeling about the future of society, of the Church, and of the world? Since lockdown many have commented on a “new normal”...
    245 views1 comment
    Rich Fools Fund
    RevRabRants
    • Apr 13, 2020
    • 4 min

    Rich Fools Fund

    In the Scottish Independence debate I remember one of the shared convictions was that Scotland was “rich enough” to be independent....
    313 views0 comments
    Open letter to the Assembly Trustees:
Church and the implications of Coronavirus
    RevRabRants
    • Mar 31, 2020
    • 3 min

    Open letter to the Assembly Trustees: Church and the implications of Coronavirus

    Not a criticism! Just a few ideas to put into the pot in these troubled times. Wholeheartedly agreeing with you that it is great to see...
    434 views0 comments
    FAKE NEWS
    RevRabRants
    • Feb 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    FAKE NEWS

    WARNING: This blog post is NOT for those who like to wear rose-tinted spectacles and/or DO NOT have a sense of humour and/or HAVE a...
    220 views1 comment
    Climate of change!
    RevRabRants
    • Jan 31, 2020
    • 4 min

    Climate of change!

    It is official: each decade is getting warmer; the last decade was the hottest on record; we now have the highest carbon dioxide...
    203 views0 comments
    M&Ms, don’t you love them?
    RevRabRants
    • Oct 27, 2019
    • 4 min

    M&Ms, don’t you love them?

    In Church speak, M&Ms stands for our Ministries and Mission contributions, something every Church pays annually over the course of the...
    268 views1 comment
    Political chaos (and the Church)
    RevRabRants
    • Sep 4, 2019
    • 5 min

    Political chaos (and the Church)

    Fact, fiction, fear, hope, and more, all rolled into one is part of the political story as it has emerged over recent times. Everyone, it...
    201 views0 comments
    Good old Summer Mission has something still to teach us!
    RevRabRants
    • Jul 27, 2019
    • 5 min

    Good old Summer Mission has something still to teach us!

    The late, great, Sandy McDonald, minister at my Church in Paisley asked me one day, “Have you ever thought about going on summer mission,...
    301 views0 comments
    Dooley a Messi business
    RevRabRants
    • Jun 23, 2019
    • 4 min

    Dooley a Messi business

    Comic Relief is “heading in the direction of not using celebrities” to promote its campaigns. MP David Lammy in response to pictures...
    132 views0 comments
    12 new disciples
    RevRabRants
    • May 16, 2019
    • 3 min

    12 new disciples

    The Special Commission on structural reform finally reports and leading the way are 12 new disciples! Dubious about the way this...
    250 views0 comments
    RAP under PAR
    RevRabRants
    • Apr 30, 2019
    • 6 min

    RAP under PAR

    The Radical Action Plan is not about plotting a survival route but how we can share Good News more effectively. Radical change is...
    349 views0 comments
    May's Deal
    RevRabRants
    • Mar 27, 2019
    • 3 min

    May's Deal

    It’s difficult to be objective when you are an ardent Remainer or Brexiteer because you will always argue the case to remain or leave...
    211 views0 comments
    1
    23

    © 2023 by Name of Site. Proudly created with Wix.com