RevRabRantsFeb 274 minFAKE NEWSWARNING: 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 sensi...
RevRabRantsJan 314 minClimate 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 recordin...
RevRabRantsOct 27, 20194 minM&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 ye...
RevRabRantsJul 27, 20195 minGood 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,...
RevRabRantsJun 23, 20194 minDooley a Messi businessComic Relief is “heading in the direction of not using celebrities” to promote its campaigns. MP David Lammy in response to pictures post...
RevRabRantsMay 16, 20193 min12 new disciplesThe Special Commission on structural reform finally reports and leading the way are 12 new disciples! Dubious about the way this Commissi...
RevRabRantsJan 19, 20194 minWhat 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 cheeseca...
RevRabRantsNov 17, 20184 minCHEXITCHEXIT 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 t...
RevRabRantsNov 3, 20184 minOpen letter to the Council of AssemblyDear Council of Assembly, The Council of Assembly Presbytery Conference 2018 has come and gone. At the top of the Hotel notepaper it stat...
RevRabRantsOct 1, 20183 minBasic task(s) of ordained ministry1. Answer all e-mails swiftly. 2. Lead all spiritual discussion evenings at Church because you are the expert. 3. Open and close up the C...
RevRabRantsAug 19, 20184 minOpen letter to my Presbytery ClerkDear 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 pre...
RevRabRantsJul 15, 20183 minBums 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 reac...
RevRabRantsJun 11, 20183 minOpen 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 Christian...
RevRabRantsMay 25, 20183 minKISS me quick!So as General Assembly 2018 continued, the short (her own self-description) Moderator, facing a barrage of questions at Report times that...
RevRabRantsMay 22, 20181 minHats off...Tuesday at GA2018… Hats off to the three young people from Dornoch who entertained us before Assembly commenced, two on fiddle, one on ac...
RevRabRantsMay 21, 20185 minCourage sister, courage brother!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 f...
RevRabRantsMay 20, 20183 minAnother opening, another show!Welcome to the opening of General Assembly 2018! Traditional but witty Mod departs, in steps Susan Brown, appropriately in this year when...
RevRabRantsMay 13, 20183 min3-Year (ish) PlanTen 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) Strate...
RevRabRantsApr 29, 20183 minDiary 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 o...
RevRabRantsApr 15, 20182 minHarbour 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 w...