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Lent 3 2013 3 Mar 2013 | 09:24 pm
Why do bad things happen to good people? It is a question all of us ask from time to time. Some of Jesus’ listeners asked him this same question. They brought up a recent news story about some Galilea...
Gambia Bound 5 Jan 2013 | 11:10 pm
This time tomorrow, I'll be getting ready to fly off to The Gambia for ten days. Most folk will think it's a wee holiday, and yes, there will be sunshine, a chance to slow down, and all the rest, but ...
A Parish Christmas 29 Dec 2012 | 06:00 pm
We probably had enough drama in the parish over Christmas to keep the Denny Theatre going for the next six months, but such is life in a busy place where needs are being met, folk are struggling to pu...
Christmas Midnight 28 Dec 2012 | 06:54 pm
It is one of the spin offs of becoming a grandparent that you take again an interest in children’s books and Christmas stories. I was browsing lately and came across that wonderful story of the young ...
Magnificat 24 Dec 2012 | 02:54 am
I want to make my annual public service announcement to the men in our congregation. Guys, it’s time to do your Christmas shopping. I know that maybe some of you have this problem already out of the w...
Rejoice? 17 Dec 2012 | 05:43 am
It's been a bad weekend newswise, with staff and children mowed down in an American School. I look around and see terminal illness, depression and sadness. I am entrusted with proclaiming Good News. ...
Advent 3 Dec 2012 | 04:24 pm
Sometimes I think that we ought to enter Advent with a level of excitement. It is a shame that some of the old Advent hymns tend to be slow and almost mournful. I grew up with one that we sung every ...
I Will Survive 3 Dec 2012 | 04:00 pm
I had one of my nastier experiences last week. I know what a cold is, especially if it's a "man cold", and I've had a few episodes in my life that have been "flu", but I was banjaxed by some sort of b...
Plain Biscuits 2 Dec 2012 | 08:22 pm
We had a visitor in church this morning, on holiday from Lincolnshire. He thanked me after the service. "Nobody has ever told me before in 63 years that Advent is a season of joy", he said. "It's alwa...
God 28 Nov 2012 | 05:05 am
Listening to a brickie last week, as he laid out his life before me. Recovering alcoholic, sober for many years, coming to believe in a Higher Power who has relieved him from active alcoholism. Over 2...
