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    Church-Covid-Christmas
    RevRabRants
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 4 min

    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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    FAKE NEWS
    RevRabRants
    • Feb 27, 2020
    • 4 min

    FAKE NEWS

    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...
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    Climate of change!
    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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    M&Ms, don’t you love them?
    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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    Good old Summer Mission has something still to teach us!
    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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    Dooley a Messi business
    RevRabRants
    • Jun 23, 2019
    • 4 min

    Dooley a Messi business

    Comic Relief is “heading in the direction of not using celebrities” to promote its campaigns. MP David Lammy in response to pictures...
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    12 new disciples
    RevRabRants
    • May 16, 2019
    • 3 min

    12 new disciples

    The Special Commission on structural reform finally reports and leading the way are 12 new disciples! Dubious about the way this...
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    What is cheesecake?
    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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    CHEXIT
    RevRabRants
    • Nov 17, 2018
    • 4 min

    CHEXIT

    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...
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    Open letter to the Council of Assembly
    RevRabRants
    • Nov 3, 2018
    • 4 min

    Open letter to the Council of Assembly

    Dear Council of Assembly, The Council of Assembly Presbytery Conference 2018 has come and gone. At the top of the Hotel notepaper it...
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    Basic task(s) of ordained ministry
    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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    Open letter to my Presbytery Clerk
    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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    Bums on seats!
    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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    Open letter to my congregation!
    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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    KISS me quick!
    RevRabRants
    • May 25, 2018
    • 3 min

    KISS me quick!

    So as General Assembly 2018 continued, the short (her own self-description) Moderator, facing a barrage of questions at Report times that...
    232 views1 comment
    Hats off...
    RevRabRants
    • May 22, 2018
    • 1 min

    Hats off...

    Tuesday at GA2018… Hats off to the three young people from Dornoch who entertained us before Assembly commenced, two on fiddle, one on...
    196 views1 comment
    Courage sister, courage brother!
    RevRabRants
    • May 21, 2018
    • 5 min

    Courage 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...
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    Another opening, another show!
    RevRabRants
    • May 20, 2018
    • 3 min

    Another 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...
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    3-Year (ish) Plan
    RevRabRants
    • May 13, 2018
    • 3 min

    3-Year (ish) Plan

    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)...
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    Diary of a nobody!
    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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