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S.I.M.P.L.E.
I was reading/glancing through the 72-page report (yes, that’s 7 and 2) entitled Review of Training and Support of Ministers – if you...

RevRabRants
Aug 5, 20183 min read


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...

RevRabRants
Jul 15, 20183 min read


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...

RevRabRants
Jun 11, 20183 min read


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...

RevRabRants
May 25, 20183 min read


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...

RevRabRants
May 22, 20181 min read


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...

RevRabRants
May 21, 20185 min read


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...

RevRabRants
May 20, 20183 min read


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)...

RevRabRants
May 13, 20183 min read


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...

RevRabRants
Apr 29, 20183 min read


Are ministers essential?
Hadn’t signed up for an away day for a while, so I thought I would sign up for the one day preaching conference at New College in...

RevRabRants
Apr 21, 20183 min read


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...

RevRabRants
Apr 15, 20182 min read


Told you so!
Told you so! Sometimes we just can’t help ourselves, can we? When someone does something wrong and it all ends up a mess, when we had...

RevRabRants
Apr 2, 20182 min read


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...

RevRabRants
Mar 18, 20182 min read


Reform the Church of Scotland...here we go!
As I write, sitting at the top of the manse steps (pictured), I wonder how on earth we can ever change the old Church of Scotland for the...

RevRabRants
Feb 14, 20182 min read
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