Creating space to be creative.
I've been away from my desk for a few days, I took some time off this week to continue working on a new album of songs.We escaped to the Highlands to record and we think the results have been worthwhile It was great to meet up with iain Jamieson and start developing some of the ideas for the album. I was also a great joy to have my son Stephen join us as he put some tracks down as one of the latest recruits to the band.
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After journeying together for nearly ten weeks the Apha Course at the Inchyra Grange came to an end tonight. I must say that I have really enjoyed sharing the teaching with Jerome and Maggie. Jerome is the Presbytery Clerk and Minister at Polmont Old. We really worked well together. This was the first time our congregations had worked together this way.
I believe everyone has had an excellent experience and I pray that all of us have been drawn closer to God. It would...
Every year we try to make something of Christmas. I especially like to do something at Advent to help everyone start to prepare for Christmas. This year is no exception. We've got a group together who call themselves the Advent Angels. They have been working on a number of ideas. The above design is going to be the focus of our Christmas Card Invitation to the Parish. Its been designed by one of our Elders Beatty Long. I hope that we might even have a larger version of...
Well I asked you all for a big bag of money to buy blankets for the Leprosy Colony. In just over a week I've received well in excess of £1300.00. The money is now in India and the blankets are being purchased. A big thank you to those people who sent in their contributions. It got me thinking that we can make a difference in the world when we work together. We can bring about change. The power of ordinary people is quite extra - ordinary. We need to remind ourselves...
We had a very interesting few hours in Polmont Young Offenders Prison on Wednesday. Over 80% of all young adults in the prison were there due to alcohol related crimes. So why does our government allow shops to sell cheap alcohol to young people. Another interesting statistic was that many of the crimes were related to feelings connected with loss and abandonment. I began to realise that it is not simply in places like peru that young boys feel abandoned. So many...