Taking a back seat
A lot has been happening since I last wrote about meeting Pudsy. It was great to meet up with so many friends at the Vine Trust Gala Dinner at the Inchyra Grange Polmont last Thursday. Many thanks to Tom Morton of the BBC for being our MC. The evening was a great success. I'm still waiting to hear how much we raised but I'm sure it must have been near £20,000. It was wonderful to welcome Paul and Marty Clark and to have them as our guests her in Bo'ness all day...
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This picture is a reminder to me of the importance of sometimes just doing absolutely nothing. Its good sometimes to be busy doing nothing. The lesson we learned this evening I hope will prepare me and others for all the things that lie ahead of us this Summer. Our Thursday study group is reading through material based on John Ortberg's book entitled " The Life You Always Wanted" It's a common sense approach to re-ordering our lives so that we begin to train for the...
I'm just thinking, what am I doing here trying to catch a line to find a hook for a talk. Oh I remember, the phone rang about six months ago. "Will you come and speak at our Presbytery Retreat", I said, "yes". Now its 12.30pm and later today I'll be speaking to a group of fellow ministers. Can I say from the outset, this is a very dodgy thing to do. Ministers are not easy to talk to. As I drink another cup of coffee and I'm trying to put together a talk about...
The dark is where many of the street children in Lima say they have met the devil. Talking of Jesus they call him the man on the stick. Speaking of the forces of darkness they say, we know what your talking about, we meet the evil one when we're hiding and sniffing glu in the dark.
The recent revelations surrounding the Angelica Kluk murder trial, is a reminder to all Christian Communities that we have a responsibility to those who serve and to those who are...