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My year as Moderator will finish around June, officially at the June Presbytery meeting, but there are a few tasks after that date still to do. On Communion Sunday afternoon I will head to the City Chambers and lead a […]

This coming Sunday is third Sunday of the Easter season! Yes, the third already. The children have finished their two-week break, the shops have moved on to something new and perhaps selling the Easter eggs off cheaply, and some of

Specsavers. (Though there are other companies). I wonder if you have ever thought of the irony, that Scottish football referees are sponsored by Specsavers? I cannot remember how long the company has sponsored them, but ask most fans and they

I look out the window and watch the plane head upwards. Someone is heading somewhere, probably warm, off on a holiday or a break from the norm. If there is one advantage of living near Glasgow Airport, it’s seeing the

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 – countdown. Oh, to be like Rachel. To be able to count like her. To do the maths like her. Or Carol Vorderman before. The numbers are chosen, ‘two from

I am writing this night before we head down south to Manchester to pick up the flight for Italy and our holiday in Lake Garda. I hope this story doesn’t come back to haunt me, but 20 years ago I

I wonder if you have ever heard of Frank Ilet. No? Well, let me tell you about Frank. Let me be frank about Frank. He is a Manchester United fan, and, in a moment of madness, or hope but certainly

Do you know what IKEA means? It stands for its founder, Ingvar Kamprad, his family farm Elmtaryd and the nearby village, Agunnyard – making the acronym IKEA. It also stands for the place where you purchase furniture that you have

‘Summer suns are glowing…’ I have just arrived back from three meetings in the Presbytery Office: one of which was the Nominations Committee, and another was on the discussion of my installation as Moderator of the Presbytery for 2025-2026, which