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...

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...

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

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

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

Comic Relief is “heading in the direction of not using celebrities” to promote its campaigns. MP David Lammy in response to pictures...

The Special Commission on structural reform finally reports and leading the way are 12 new disciples! Dubious about the way this...

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

CHEXIT The General Assembly of the Church of Scotland voted for a radical action plan to be drawn up for the next three years. It seems...

Dear Council of Assembly, The Council of Assembly Presbytery Conference 2018 has come and gone. At the top of the Hotel notepaper it...

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...

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...

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...

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...

So as General Assembly 2018 continued, the short (her own self-description) Moderator, facing a barrage of questions at Report times that...

Tuesday at GA2018… Hats off to the three young people from Dornoch who entertained us before Assembly commenced, two on fiddle, one on...

Missed my Monday off with my beautiful little granddaughter today in favour of fulfilling my GA duty as a Commissioner. I’m sure she’ll...

Welcome to the opening of General Assembly 2018! Traditional but witty Mod departs, in steps Susan Brown, appropriately in this year when...

Ten days before the General Assembly I get my copy of the Council of Assembly’s ten year (yes that is ten, one followed by a zero)...

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...