A room with a view

posted: 18 May 2012 comments: 7category:

Getting moved into the flat and making sure everything is working as it should takes time and I'm grateful for the help we've received. The last few days for me have been a time of reflection prayer and study preparing for the opening of the General Assembly. I've got myself esconcd in a wonderful room with a view. It is here that I'm working hard on my Gaelic pronounciation of the benediction for the Gaelic service directly after the St Giles service on Sunday...
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5327.5 Hours of Volunteering! What Next ? How about a choir?

posted: 8 May 2012 comments: 2category:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cnxO-vKxdg&feature=related[/youtube]I was watching a television programme about the growth and polarity of "Rock Choir" which was started in 2005 by Caroline Redman Lusher. In 2011 she hired Wembley and had a choir of 10,000 voices take part. It was quite inspiring to see so many people truly enjoying the experience of singing. I'm of the opinion that most people like to feel part of something. The Rock choir certainly allows that...
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The day starts with the Army and ends with sunset over Bo'ness

posted: 2 May 2012 comments: 1category:

I was glad that some of you enjoyed looking at the pictures of my cycle ride on Saturday. I can't believe that it is over a week now since we returned from Tanzania. However it is. It was great to visit the barge on Sunday afternoon and take part in the Vine Trust prayer meeting. I was heartened to see people from Bo'ness and Barclay Church and also to have the support of some of the Board Members. We had a Skype conversation with Billy Clark all the way from Lima. It...
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Thinking On the Bike

posted: 29 Apr 2012 comments: 7category:

Today was exceptionally bright and breezy. It was an ideal day to go a cycle run. I started out in the late afternoon thinking I'd go to Blackness, however when I reached Blackness I was tempted to go a bit further, so I took the route 76 which is a cycle route and found myself heading down to Abercorn Church. It was delightful cycle and as I arrived at the church yard you could hear the birds singing. I was reminded of Lewis Irving the minister at Abercorn who left the...
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9/11 - and Good Friday God Pain and Power

posted: 7 Apr 2012 comments: 1category:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axd8wlUTm4w[/youtube]Just thought i might post this video that was made a few years ago to illustrate a song that Iain Jamieson and I wrote about Good Friday, have a listen. Last year on Good Friday I was on George Street, with fellow minister Russell McLarty sharing bread and wine on the streets. This year I made a return visit to Inchcolm Island in the middle of the Forth to explore the possibility of arranging a Communion...
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