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General Assembly 2025 Reflections
General Assembly 2025 Final reflections · Disappointment that the Report of the Radical Reform Group was once again shunted to the...

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May 224 min read


Wednesday at General Assembly 2025
GA2025 Wednesday highlights (using the term “highlights” very loosely) · Chaplains to the Forces day! 10,000 forces personnel on...

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May 213 min read


Tuesday at General Assembly 2025
GA2025 Tuesday highlights (using the term “highlights” very loosely) Convener’s speech: palliative care and midwifery services being...

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May 204 min read


Monday at General Assembly 2025
GA2025 Monday highlights (using the term “highlights” very loosely) Assembly Trustees Convener’s speech: Critical decisions need to be...

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May 194 min read


Saturday at General Assembly 2025
GA2025 Saturday highlights (using the term “highlights” very loosely) 1. First time King has appointed a Roman Catholic as Lord High...

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May 182 min read


Radical Reform Group: Report to General Assembly 2024
Deliverance: 1. Receive the Report. 2. Note with concern that a radical three-year reform plan was called for and agreed at General...

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May 14, 20244 min read


Kicked into the long grass (The Manse Question Part Two)
Amidst all the change which the Church is necessarily undergoing at this time it seems there is one thing that can never change…manse...

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May 4, 20244 min read


Noah and his ark (The Manse Question Part One)
Once upon a time there was a young man called Noah. He had a nice career path ahead of him, but God called him into ministry after...

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May 4, 20244 min read


Stipends...again!
Another open letter to the Faith Action Group and Assembly Trustees. Dear Faith Action Group and Assembly Trustees, For my views on pay...

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Jan 12, 20243 min read


Tried praying?
The million-dollar question: What is an answer to prayer? Whilst on summer holiday this year I was given a little “welcome pack” on the...

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Oct 25, 20235 min read


Two job vacancies
Two job vacancies have arisen… Job Vacancy: Minister in the auld Kirk. Hours: 40-ish but maybe 60 or 70 or more. Stipend: £30-£37k...

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May 13, 20234 min read


Stipend 2023: Open letter to the Faith Nurture Forum and Assembly Trustees
Dear Faith Nurture Forum and Assembly Trustees, Since pay deals are the flavour of the day, maybe you are starting to think about setting...

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Aug 4, 20224 min read


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...

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Apr 25, 20224 min read


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...

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Nov 21, 20212 min read


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...

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May 17, 20214 min read


Debenhams...Kirklands?
Kirklands and Co. It is with great dismay that the long-established storehouse giant, Kirklands and Co, has fallen into administration....

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Mar 18, 20213 min read


IF...
David Attenborough addresses the UN on Climate Change (23rd February 2021): “If we continue on our current path we will face the collapse...

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Mar 1, 20214 min read


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...

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Dec 31, 20203 min read


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...

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Dec 23, 20204 min read


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,...

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Jul 17, 20205 min read
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