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I'm going to post some pictures that describe what our visit has been like here in Galloway. Galloway is a beautiful spot that is on the south west edge of Scotland. Its a region that is often forgotten about and I believe some of the people who live here feel that sense of isolation but also in a strange way I think many of them revel in the isolation. Here is a picture of Lighthouse that is found just a few miles outside  Drommore, it is  the most southerly part of...
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I'm waiting for Bill Campbell to arrive. Bill will be our guide for the day. He is one of the Presbytery elders taking his turn to be chauffeur to the Moderator. We've been having an extremely encouraging time here in the Presbytery of Wigtown and Stranraer. After arriving in the Presbytery on Friday and taking part in the BBC Radio Debate and also featuring in the Wigtown Book Festival as a contributor. Saturday was a free day, it was also a day to try and get the...
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I arrived yesterday in Wigtown to take part in the BBC Radio programme, 'Brian Taylor's Big Debate" and also to give a talk at the Wigtown book Festival.  This is also an opportunity  to promote the book of prayers I've written entitled " Sanctuary".It reflects some of the material we publish daily on the Sanctuary First  web site It was a torturous, drive from Edinburgh to Wigtown . The thing is, I took the shortest  route according to the  SAT NAV. It  turned...
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Today I was the subject of a photo shoot outside 121 George Street. A drunk man kept on getting in the way. He was a friendly drunk but it was a bit hilarious. The photographer turned up looking for the Moderator and his guitar.I explained to him that the kind of picture with a Moderator and a guitar was not what the "Turn" album was all about. Turn  is a collection of songs that Iain Jamieson and myself have written over the past few years. Some of the songs have...
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Its not easy keeping up with all the things I want to write about as Moderator but also as italker. Yesterday was an interesting day for me.  I was invited to attend the Christian Aid Tax Bus which it touring round the UK highlighting the need for greater fairness in the tax system especially in relation to the tax that many corporate companies pay. The bus was in Edinburgh and this was a chance for the Moderator along with other church leaders to support the cause....
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