For me, one of the most frustrating things about the pre-occupations of our current news feeds is that they seem to missing out on the really important stuff.  Given the seriousness of the environmental crisis, shouldn’t the news focus more...

It is so stimulating working as a chaplain in the University, alongside so many people learning. I enjoy meeting in the STV and being alongside elite athletes training to reach their goals. It is a reminder that we are continually...

In our church we’ve been working our way through the Gospel of Mark, reading it a section at a time, and this week we’ve arrived at the part where Jesus shares food and drink with his friends in a safe...

Scots is a very expressive language and it has many useful turns of phrase. It is not surprising that many of these phrases revolve around key events in life. One of the biggest annual events in Scotland is ‘The New...

The excitement is over, the carols have been sung, mince pies eaten and the baby is born! Two events in the Christmas story always inspire me. The first, on Christmas night, is the story of the shepherds - ordinary people...

Usually the church frets at how hard it is to keep the Season of Advent, with all its solemnity and sense of expectation and emptiness without Christ, the great theme being 'Come, Lord Jesus', whilst the rest of the world seems to spend...

What makes it possible for us to hear good news? How do know what news will turn out to be good? Every Tuesday we have a Question of the Day in the chaplaincy and the other week it was ‘The...

I am always delighted when I come across a new word. Today I stumbled over this one … “spuddle”. The context in which I encountered it left me unsure as to its meaning so I looked it up. Here is...

On 6th December many people round the world will be celebrating the feast of St Nicholas. In popular culture St Nicholas may feature as a jovial, white-bearded man in a red outfit, possibly assisted by reindeer, or even elves, but...

A student recently asked me about the word that we have above the door of the chaplaincy centre: ‘What does ecumenical mean?’  There is a short answer to that question, but as I reflected on it, I became aware that...