Jul 4, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
I could easily have missed it if I hadn’t stopped. I guess most of the people around me had just walked by or snapped a quick photo to note a waypoint on a journey to somewhere else. Again and again, I was struck on my Camino Frances pilgrimage by the fact we can be...
Jun 27, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
I imagine this title will draw you in. Our home nations go to vote soon and will likely produce a change in UK government. Globally 64 countries (plus the EU) will be at polls in 2024 – this represents around 49% of the global population. Reportedly the biggest...
Jun 20, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
There is a tendency, I think, that when we look back, we can often view the world as a simpler and happier place. That certainly is my recollection of the first UK general election I can remember. I was 9 years old, and the election was in May. I recall the weather...
Jun 13, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
This Sunday we are gathering as all ages together for our All-In service. We are going to take some time to celebrate our children and young people as we approach the end of another school year and look forward to the summer break. We will present the kids with a...
Jun 6, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
Friendship In 1973 Maurice and Maralyn Bailey, survived 118 days adrift, in a tiny dinghy, in the Pacific Ocean when their beloved yacht sank after colliding with a whale. They withstood sunburn, dysentery, dehydration and starvation before being rescued. The secret...
May 29, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
A new and living way What is it about we humans? Whether we are talking Polynesian tribal taboos or the gothic cathedrals of Europe our art and our activity bear witness to our irresistible pull towards the sacred. As Shakespeare puts into the mouth of Hamlet: ...
May 23, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
This Sunday we have the joy of seeing five people being baptised as part of our morning worship. Please be praying for Callum, Katie, Adam, Priscilla and Fereshte as they prepare what they are going to say and that they would know God’s closeness to them this week...
May 16, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
We live in an amazing country, and, whether by public transport or private car, it is relatively easy to get out of Glasgow and explore beautiful scenery, historic buildings, and interesting towns and villages. Down is up? Somewhere I have not been since I was a child...
May 9, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
Brief encounters, those sliding door moments that in an instant completely shift a life direction. I have had a few. My Queen’s Park journey began with one. As an impoverished bible college student, I parked up in a free parking spot just off Glasgow High...
May 2, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
My taste in music is probably best described as eclectic. A few years back I came across the intelligent and at times melancholy lyrics of Antje Duvekot. Duvekot was born in West Germany and moved to the United States as a teenager. Given her background, imagine my...
