Oct 31, 2024 | QPUpdate, Strengthening the Heart of the Fellowship
“Hinba” is Scotland’s very own spiritual Atlantis. Saint Columba, stressed out with the buzz and busyness that was monastic life on Iona would take himself off to the sacred isle of Hinba, there to commune with the Lord. Did I mention this often meant standing...
Oct 24, 2024 | QPUpdate, Strengthening the Heart of the Fellowship
Many of you will have, I’m sure, visited the town on Oban either to enjoy wandering around the town or to catch a ferry to an island. As you go around the town you might notice, as you look up at some of the older buildings, brown staining, weeping down the façade or...
Oct 17, 2024 | QPUpdate, Strengthening the Heart of the Fellowship
Ok. Are you ready? I’ve a confession to make. I’m an addict. There. It’s out there. No more hiding it away, it’s in the open. What, you might be asking, am I addicted to? Well, my addiction is this…I’m addicted to books. Always have been and always will be. Scouring...
Oct 10, 2024 | QPUpdate, Strengthening the Heart of the Fellowship
Are you a lender or a borrower? Amongst our community group in Dennistoun we have developed a culture of sharing that means we have, over time, shared books, plates, chairs, cutlery, paintbrushes, lifts, potatoes, allen keys, carpet cleaners, strimmers; bunches of...
Oct 3, 2024 | QPUpdate, Strengthening the Heart of the Fellowship
Obscurity Until very recently I had never heard of Peter Beskendorf, but his story is fascinating He was the barber and friend of the great Reformer, Martin Luther, indeed Luther referred to him as Peter the Master Barber. A Close Shave In the days before good mirrors...
