The Carbon Fast – Tearfund Lent Campaign
For Lent this year Tearfund are running a Carbon Fast Campaign. It’s a suggestion from them to try and make an impact, however small it may be, to use this time of Lent to affect a tangible change on the lives of those around the world who are worst affected by climate change. Each day … Continue reading
A contrasting evening
Last night was an incredibly hard night. It was moving, challenging, heart-breaking, blessed, it’s hard to describe. To read more about it though you can go to www.cofswmc.wordpress.com and I thouroughly encourage you to! Tonight was such a contrast to last night (we’ll blog about today’s experiences on the World Mission Council blog later). … Continue reading
Hoskins Gallery
For I am about to do a new thing. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. (Isaiah 43:19 NLT) For the last 6 years, since Linda and I got married, I’ve been employed in full-time Christian … Continue reading
A visit to the Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly
So last Monday I went to visit the Church of Scotland National Youth Assembly, I mentioned a wee bit of ehat thr event means to me in my last Blog post and will delve a bit deep into that in another post, this post is going to be just about last Monday! The theme of … Continue reading
Writers block?
so, I’ve been very, very inactive on here over the last wee while, something I”m not happy at all about! I’m not sure why I have been inactive, I’m certainly not short of things to write about – CLAN Gathering, Tearfund, World Mission Council, Canada, Cyprus, Hoskins Gallery, Starting a business, Pakistan…..if these things … Continue reading
Anticipation……
Tonight I’m excited! Tomorrow marks the 1st meeting of the Church of Scotland World Mission Council that I will be attending as a member of the council. I’m not quite sure what to expect, but I’m looking forward to hearing about how I’ll be able to get involved in the Council’s work and about all … Continue reading
General Assembly and Social Media
Social Media seems to be, rightly so, playing a bigger and bigger role in the assembly as the years go by. People attending the assembly are tweeting, blogging and flickering more each year. People following online are doing the same. I thought it might be useful for me to list a few blogs and people … Continue reading
The end of a hard day….
So, earlier I posted about the difficult discussion and decision that faced the Church of Scotland General Assembly today. I’m not going to comment on the final outcome, I need to process it a bit more before I do that. But I thought it important to share here what was actually decided. The last thing … Continue reading
Church of Scotland General Assembly
This week sees the Church of Scotland General Assembly meeting in Edinburgh. Usually I blog a fair bit about this, I won’t be this year for a two reasons: 1) I’m not there, so can’t offer the insider view I have in the past. 2) I won’t have the time to watch a lot of … Continue reading
An exciting prospect – Nepal
So, if you’re my friend on facebook or follow me on twitter () you may have noticed my excitement on Friday. The reason for this is that I have been chosen to represent the Church of Scotland at a SACYN (South Asia Christian Youth Network) conference in Nepal. The conference is called “Cross the Bridge” … Continue reading