Genesis 2:4-7 “When the Lord God made the earth and the heavens – and no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth and no plant of the field had yet sprung up, for the Lord God had not sent rain on the earth and there was no man to work the ground,…

During the pandemic, and before, I’ve been working in a specialist area of a primary school. We’ve had a lot of lovely moments and perhaps another time I’ll write some more about those, but for now I’ll stick to one or two. Children are incredibly resilient, and those I work with have been nothing but…

God writes the music for our lives. Our role is to follow His lead—humming, harmonising, blending and singing in tune. Serving the Lord, like singing, can be stirring and rewarding. But when we are set aside by illness, or replacement, or retirement, the interludes can be frustrating and unfilling. When God says to “Come ….rest…

We first visited our manse at the beginning of 2013, the house had stood empty for quite some time and the garden was a bit of a wilderness, the house itself was a bit of a throwback to the 1960’s but one of the big selling points for us was the view across the fields…

Based on the book – Finding Jesus in the Storm  (The Spiritual Lives of Christians with Mental Health Challenges) by John Swinton. John Swinton is professor of practical theology and pastoral care at the University of Aberdeen and founding director of Aberdeen’s Centre for Spirituality, Health and Disability. He worked as a nurse for sixteen…

In ‘The Complete Disciple’, Paul W. Powell describes a picture of a rugged wagon train painted by a famous artist of the American West. It is night and the wagons have been drawn into a circle for protection. The men are gathered around the campfire, and the wagon-master has a map spread out before him.…

So who  is your favourite singer?  For many of my age the answer could include one or more of the Beatles or the Rolling Stones or someone else from that amazing range of talent we grew up with.  I was always a bit different – I’d possibly say the Scottish rocker ,New Romantic and co-Founder…

Psalm 119:103 “How sweet are your words to my taste,Sweeter than honey to my mouth.” “The unfolding of your words gives light, it gives understanding to the simple.”    v130 “All your words are true;All your righteous laws are eternal.”  v160 The Word of God, or the words of God have so many wonderful qualities and purposes: …

So, there we are. Ash Wednesday marks the start of Lent and it was during Lent last year that the full enormity of the COVID-19 crisis became recognisable. Countries went into lock-down; people reacted in their own ways to restrictions. Initially there was panic buying in the UK as folk stocked up on the most…

When we visited the Holy Land a few years ago we had a Muslim guide and his knowledge of the Holy Land and the Bible (Old and New Testament) was wonderful. However, he never referred to OLIVE Trees in that way it was always OLIVER Trees.  That provided us all with a chuckle but also,…