Nov 5, 2025 | News, QPUpdate, The Spirit
Pivotal Later this month the Scottish men’s football team face two pivotal games in their quest to qualify for the FIFA World Cup. Will Stevie Clark go for a 4-4-2 or a 4-5-1 is the big question. Clark’s counterpart in Scottish Rugby is, as I write, probably praying...
Oct 30, 2025 | News, QPUpdate, The Spirit
They say, there are only two sorts of people that are allergic to evangelism: Christians and non-Christians. Yet, the Holy Spirit within us pulsates with a passion to proclaim the good news of Jesus’ death and resurrection and to invite people to repent and believe....
Oct 23, 2025 | News, The Spirit
It was a strange concrete and steel ruin that caught my attention. When I climbed up to look closer, I found it to be the remains of a WW2 gun emplacement, guarding the entrance to the Forth estuary. It encircled a modern communications tower. What really grabbed my...
Oct 9, 2025 | QPUpdate, The Spirit
Heard the story about the animal school? It goes like this. Once upon a time, the animals agreed to do something to solve the world’s problems. So, they began an education project. Their school would have a full curriculum of running, climbing, swimming and flying....
Oct 2, 2025 | QPUpdate, The Spirit
There was a vending machine in the monastery. Slot your cash in and out drops the answer to your physical needs: water, sparkling or still, chocolate and snacks. Having just walked over the Pyrenees from France to Spain for 26km it was an appealing vision to me. But...
Sep 25, 2025 | QPUpdate, The Spirit
Error 501. “No ignition.” The code flashed at me from our broken-down gas boiler on Monday night. The coldest night of the year, so far: no heat and no hot water! Thankfully, we have a great boiler maintenance guy who had the issue fixed by lunchtime Tuesday (I can...
Sep 18, 2025 | News, QPUpdate, Teaching series, The Spirit
“Careless talk costs lives.” So said the British propaganda machine during World War two. So it remains. Acrimonious public debate, online algorithms amplifying polarising views are all contributing to a febrile culture of confrontation between numerous...
Sep 11, 2025 | QPUpdate, The Spirit
I believe one of the biggest misconceptions around the Holy Spirit is… that He operates on His own! Holy Spirit reflections The Bible shows us the inseparable operations of God, i.e. Father, Son and Holy Spirit at work every time God does something or moves. (Malachi...
Aug 21, 2025 | Partners and Parables, QPUpdate
Five hundred people from around 45 churches packed in to our “Quiet Revival – what’s going on?” event on Sunday evening. There is clearly a huge appetite to explore and respond to the increasing evidence of an upturn in people investigating Christianity in the...
Aug 14, 2025 | Partners and Parables, QPUpdate
This week, we are continuing with our Partners and Parables series. During this series, rather than a single sermon, we’ll have some input from partner ministers and also a short reflection on a parable from someone from our QPBC Family. This week, we welcome Rachel...
