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Psalms of Lament
Not everyone likes to hear the Bagpipes played. Yet they can emote lament like no other instrument. For lament is where current world news takes me. To lament is to express deep sorrow, grief, or regret, to give empathetic voice...
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Prayer vigil for the people of Ukraine
The events of the last three weeks have moved at a great pace. As our archbishops said: “The horrific and unprovoked attack on Ukraine is an act of great evil. Placing our trust in Jesus Christ, the author of peace,...
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Dark Clouds
The impact of dark clouds looming ahead - it still always comes as a shock and leaves us breathless. And so it was as we all awoke, not least in Ukraine itself, to the news of the terrifying and appalling...
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How Can We Experience God in 'Ordinary' Time
We are currently in ‘Ordinary Time’ in the church’s year. The excitement of Christmas is finished some time ago and Lent is on the horizon. For now, we wait. Sometimes. In these quiet times, it is not easy to remember...
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Flowers Don't Grow in Cellophane
A friend recently said that the events leading up to the arrest of Jesus help us hang on the idea that out of the ‘compost of life’ will come hope. Like a flowering bulb growing in the dirt, there is...
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The Golden Rule
In 1977 the punk rock band the Sex Pistols produced a song called ‘No Feelings’. It begins: I've seen you in the mirror When the story began And I fell in love with you The song then continues to paint...
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The Environmental Crisis – Where is God? Where are We?
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...
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Continually Being Transformed
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...
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Don't Look Up
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...
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New Year - lang may yer lum reek
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...
