As you know, we all are back in lockdown. Not quite as severe as last March, but still very aware that life remains in a strange place for all of […]
15 November 2020: The Kingdom of God is like this …
At the Meeting Place – for 18 October 2020
Dear Friends This has been the week of Elders meetings. Somehow we have fallen into the pattern of holding both Elders’ Meetings on consecutive days. Sometimes it is useful […]
Horses & Chariots: 13 September 2020
This has been a difficult week. The last time that we gathered for Sunday worship at St. Columba’s I preached on John 4:34 Jesus said to them, ‘My food is […]
Joseph’s Empire: for 16 August 2020
We have been making plans for the autumn. They are all a bit vague filled with “maybe,” “perhaps”, and “if”. But we are also beginning to imagine a situation where […]
Empire: 9 August 2020
This weekend Chris and I were due to head to Hampshire for a festival that we have enjoyed for many years. It would have begun on Thursday, I would have […]
Jacob: 2 August 2020
I’ve often found borders to be interesting places. Sometimes they are markers. Whenever we head north, getting over the border is a time to pause ready for the next leg […]
Leah & Rachel: 26 July 2020
I’m writing this whilst we watch a programme about Paramedics during Covid-19. It highlights the difficulties faced by people who have had to continue working through the lockdown. They have […]
Jacob: 19 July 2020
I’m not sure what to do with myself at the moment. Whilst others are either back in church or planning for September our situations at both churches mean that we […]
Esau & Jacob: 12 July 2020
May I start this week with a poem? Striding Three boys, brothers by their gaze and gait; the taller two steps ahead. The smaller messing with stuffed pockets half runs […]
14 June 2020
It is now almost three months since we were able to meet together in our church buildings and whilst various activities are opening up, the advice from the United Reformed […]