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Rice and Beans Challenge Day 3
So today is the mid-point of the Tearfund Rice and Beans challenge. Man am I glad….. I knew it was going to be tough – even with almost tripling my portions to help me last longer on my feet all day I’m incredibly hungry! Although, I do have to confess that I succumbed slightly … Continue reading
Out and about in Karachi; A Photo Essay
As well as spending time visiting the Diocese of Lahore and some of the communities affected by the flooding in the Sindh Province, we spent some time in Karachi city itself. Our first day in Karachi ended up being more touristy than we expected – our meetings for the day had to be postponed until … Continue reading
Church of Scotland and Social Media
I got an email a few minutes ago asking me if i would be happy to speak to a reporter about this press release from the Church of Scotland. (Yes, yes, I know i’m a little bit smug, but I’m excited about it!) It started me thinking, other than a (IMHO) very tricky website to … Continue reading
Can community be online?
Over the last few months I’ve been wrestling with the question: ‘can community exist online?’ Specifically in a Christian context. With the rise in the last few years in social networking technology more and more people are referring to their online community. I do it, I’m sure many of you have at somepoint as well. … Continue reading
How is Gaza dividing world opinion?
So, my earlier post about Gaza, alongside some twitter posts I made drew the attention of a BBC Journalist looking for people to be involved in a live radio debate tonight. I only spoke on it for about a minute, but the show as a whole made for interesting listening. It lasts about 50 minutes, … Continue reading
Trip to the Holy Land…..part 1…..
So I haven’t blogged in ages, but I’ve been doing plenty of mulling in preparation to blog! As you may know already, on November 20th myself and 11 others from the Church of Scotland flew out to the Holy Land for an 8 day pilgrimage. As well as myself, the merry band consisted of: Steve … Continue reading
Scottish Youth Ministry Network: SYMN
So, I’m not long back from my trip to Israel and Palestine, let me tell you, that trip was awesome!! But i’m still processing most of what happened on that trip, once I’m a little further along that process I’ll start blogging about it! Just now, I want to blog about something new and exciting … Continue reading
Lonely……….
Yep, I’m lonely, at least I will be for the next 18 hours or so. Linda’s away to New York with uni for the week. Although, I’m away to Israel for a week as of Thursday, so I can’t really complain! I’m off down to Edinburgh tomorrow though for meetings in Edinburgh and Glasgow throughout … Continue reading