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 sensitive ecclesiastical ...

It is official: each decade is getting warmer; the last decade was the hottest on record; we now have the highest carbon dioxide recordings; ocean temperatur...

In Church speak, M&Ms stands for our Ministries and Mission contributions, something every Church pays annually over the course of the year, the sum required...

The late, great, Sandy McDonald, minister at my Church in Paisley asked me one day, “Have you ever thought about going on summer mission, Robert?” And from t...

So you probably have some slightly different recipes for coming up with cheesecake, but at the end of the day you will be eating cheesecake!!! You know what ...

1. Answer all e-mails swiftly. 2. Lead all spiritual discussion evenings at Church because you are the expert. 3. Open and close up the Church for worship an...

Dear Andrew, Having sat in your seat for five years before you took up office as my successor as Presbytery Clerk, I know some of the pressures you are under...

They say it’s not all about bums on seats; the Church is so much more than that. It’s about showing God’s love in action, it’s about reaching out to the comm...

Dear friends, What a privilege it is to minister alongside you! I have great news to share with you! There are some 2.2 billion Christians in the world, roug...

Some will no doubt hear of me ranting away about change and reform in the Kirk and dismiss me as an irksome nobody who will soon fizzle out. Maybe I am and m...

Have you seen that recent movie “The Greatest Showman”? Thought it was brilliant. One of the songs called “Tightrope” begins with these words… "Some people l...

Hello Reformers! I remember my dear old Mum and Dad used to watch a programme on the telly called “The Good Old Days” when various artistes trundled on stage...