On Sunday 11th. January, 2026 we read in Church the story of Jesus’ baptism (St. Matthew 3:13-17), on the first Sunday after Epiphany. I have always found it a little odd, that so soon after the Christmas birth story we jump forwards to Jesus’ adult life in a little more than the Twelve Days of […]

“These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 4 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the […]

Visiting in Glasgow Royal Infirmary the other day, I was advised to put on a mask, an apron and a pair of gloves before going in to visit a patient. This was to prevent the risk of infection. It has been quite some time since I have had to do that, and I was thinking […]

The month of May so far has been a time of great sunshine which has been a real blessing for many, affording us an opportunity to increase our vitamin D levels. May has also been quite busy with a range of things within and outwith the Church. Presbytery has met in our Church and considered […]

The countdown to Easter will have begun by the time you are reading this magazine. We will have moved from the season of Epiphany into Lent, in preparation for Holy Week and the joy of our Easter celebrations. Our days will have more light, and our nights will have less darkness as we move towards […]

Well, we are here again at the start of another New Year. I hope you have had a Happy Christmas and I wish you all a good New Year. Over the festive period I watched a TV programme about Rikki Fulton, the Scottish comedian and actor who portrayed the fictional Kirk Minister, Rev. I. M. […]

At the recent November meeting of our Presbytery, one of my colleagues began the evening by addressing Presbytery on the occasion of her demission from Parish Ministry. 5 years of meetings leading to multiple unions and readjustments precipitated by the Church’s Mission Planning processes, have left her exhausted and broken, after one too many acrimonious […]

Summer seems to be drawing to a close and autumn seems only around the corner as I write this article. What summer I hear some of you say! During my own summer holiday in Perthshire, I read a few books (not as many as I sometimes do) and one of them was called SOMEHOW (Thoughts […]

Julie, our Probationer took her leave of us on Sunday 28th. April, 2024 after 22 months with us. She continues to work with the training Team at the Church offices at 121 George Street in Edinburgh working specifically with other students in training for ministry and also now 2 days a week at Lenzie Old […]

In the last magazine, the film One Life, had moved me to tears. Shortly afterwards I was reading something in my daily devotions which contained the line, “You place a reservoir within my heart that all my tears may come from a different place.” That theme of tears was to continue throughout the month when […]