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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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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...
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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...
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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,...
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RevRabRants
- Jan 19, 2019
- 4 min
What is cheesecake?
So you probably have some slightly different recipes for coming up with cheesecake, but at the end of the day you will be eating...
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RevRabRants
- Oct 1, 2018
- 3 min
Basic task(s) of ordained ministry
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...
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RevRabRants
- Aug 19, 2018
- 4 min
Open letter to my Presbytery Clerk
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...
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RevRabRants
- Jul 15, 2018
- 3 min
Bums on seats!
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...
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RevRabRants
- Jun 11, 2018
- 3 min
Open letter to my congregation!
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...
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RevRabRants
- Apr 29, 2018
- 3 min
Diary of a nobody!
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...
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RevRabRants
- Apr 15, 2018
- 2 min
Harbour or open sea?
Have you seen that recent movie “The Greatest Showman”? Thought it was brilliant. One of the songs called “Tightrope” begins with these...
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RevRabRants
- Mar 18, 2018
- 2 min
Those were the days, my friend, we thought they’d never end…
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...
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