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...

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

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

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 ...

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 that like cousin BREX...

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

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...

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

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

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 forgive me this once,...

Welcome to the opening of General Assembly 2018! Traditional but witty Mod departs, in steps Susan Brown, appropriately in this year when we celebrate 50 yea...

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) Strategic Plan for the Chu...

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...