Polarisation and peace-making

Polarisation and peace-making

“Polarisation” is a word that is coming to define our age. Social media algorithms, we are told, double down on our prejudices, and ramp up our reactions. Civility, debate and humanity have left us, and outrage anger and aggression appear to have become virtues. Even...

Alpha Course – a testimony by Alan C

For all my adult life I neither believed in God, nor disbelieved. My only experience of church was attending weddings or funerals – and even those occasions were few and far between. Last summer a new woman arrived unexpectedly in my life. She is a wholeheartedly...

In the Belly of the Whale

I am a huge fan of Veggie Tales (the original classic episodes- not the new Netflix series- I hasten to add.)  As well as watching many VHS videos as a family (this will make my kids feel old!), we also enjoyed listening to that classic album, Veggie Rocks, which...

The Culture Crossing Gospel

God stepped into my life when I was an angst-ridden 21 year old student. Suddenly I had joy, peace, purpose, and a new cause to give my life for. Within a few months I started to sense the injustice that when I was going through a spiritual crisis there was a church...
Earth Hour

Earth Hour

This week we have a guest blog from Sue Munro. It seems appropriate to share this blog this week as on Saturday it is Earth Hour and this week, while the mainstream news cycles have been distracted by frivolities, the IPCC released its sobering Synthesis Report on the...

We’re All-In this together

We’re All-In this together This Sunday we are excited to be gathering as all ages and stages to celebrate and worship together. We will celebrate our children and young people and pray for them as they transition into new learning groups after the summer. We will...
Milestone Moments

Milestone Moments

Milestone moments, those points and places where we stop and survey how far we have come and what lies ahead. Annual General Meetings are often milestone moments to take stock of what God has done and recall the ups and downs of a year gone by. AGM 2022 As we talked...
The only thing that counts…

The only thing that counts…

Amazing Grace: Galatians 5: 1 – 12 This week I want to start the blog with a bit of a personal reflection. Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. Traditionally it is a day of fasting, confession and repentance. I grew up in a Christian household. We did pancake Tuesday,...

Living differently

  As an Australian in Glasgow, I’m conscious every now and again of the feeling of being a foreigner. It doesn’t happen very often, and it’s easier for me than others as I am a somewhat ‘invisible’ foreigner in the UK; also white, Western, and English-speaking....