In my last post I was talking about a number of 'firsts' that I’ve been involved with recently. Well, the next 'first' I want to talk about is the launch of the 'Sanctuary First App'. I'm delighted that the Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland launched the App from St Andrew's Church in Bo'ness last Sunday evening. I believe we may well be the first church or certainly among the first in Scotland to launch an App. Sanctuary First is designed...
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A lot has being join on since  last I blogged. I know I’ve not been as regular making my posts as I once was. However i hope to change that from now on.  Recently I’ve been involved with number of firsts.  The big first is  to put Jubilee Hope on Lake Victoria.  I can confidently announce our little ship Jubilee Hope is at last making its way to Africa.   The ship set sail from Glasgow on the 22nd of January on  the first leg of her journey to Mombasa in Kenya. Here are...
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As we look back over the past year no doubt there are many things that have happened in our lives that were unexpected, some for the better and some for the worse. Learning to cope with these changes and disappointments is all part of the journey that I guess we call life. We can look at life as a series of random events or we can look deeper and try and join some of the events up into a route that may help us make sense of  the journey we are all embarked upon.  Yet ...
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