If only my father could have seen me the other day standing here beside a huge tractor. My father was a plough boy at the age of twelve. He was someone who was always connected to the land. The soil was in his blood you might say. The one thing he detested was tractors. He believed that they were too big and heavy and that they would affect the quality of the soil over the years. For him there was nothing better than the horses pulling the plough. We've moved on from...
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Today I was helping to launch the Church of Scotland's latest report on the the importance  of food and how we cultivate and produce it.  This particular report  entitled  " Give us this day our daily bread", highlights what the writers call the alienation of many who live in urban areas from the source of food production. The increasing development  of industrialised farming and the ever growing influence of supermarkets means that many people are so removed...
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On Monday morning I had the opportunity to speak with chaplains and others who are interested in getting involved with chaplaincy in FE Colleges. the colleges at the moment are undergoing massage re-organisation and many of them are looking to build into their  new structure a chaplaincy space.  Its an amazing opportunity to get involved wit young adults.  I was surprised to learn theta the new City of Glasgow College  has 13 sites around the city and has over 40,000...
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[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAL8AHN5-0Y[/youtube]This week is going to be a busy one especially towards the end of the week. However I want to take the opportunity to start promoting some of the really exciting things that are being planned to make the Moderatorial year a little bit different. Keep Sunday the 5 August free in the afternoon. I'm planning to conduct a U2 eucharist on Inchcolm Island. The  tickets and times of the sailings  from Queeensferry...
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Its time i was in bed. I'm up early tomorrow morning. I'm heading to Grangemouth for the National Prayer Breakfast at the Inchyra Hotel. This is a great opportunity for church leaders and Christians involved in corporate and civic Scotland to get together to pray for the renewal of the  Church and also for the general well being of the people of Scotland. I won't have time to stay to the end of the event. I've to be in Glasgow by 9.20 for the Annual Dedication...
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