Oct 7, 2024 | Reflections
“Do not be anxious about anything” The above title is a quotation from the apostle Paul in one of his New Testament letters. It is a quote that always challenges me because it is all too easy for me to get anxious and often about the most silly things. A friend of my...
Sep 6, 2024 | Reflections
Hope dies last In the spring of 1968 hope and optimism were very much alive in what was then Czechoslovakia. Winds of change were blowing through the oppressive Communist state. The new leader Alexander Dubcek had implemented a programme of reform which was allowing...
Jul 4, 2024 | Reflections
The land of promise I wonder how much faith you put in promises? I guess the answer might be, “depends on who makes the promise”. In the film “Liar, Liar” Jim Carrey plays a successful lawyer for whom integrity means very little as long as he wins the case. Indeed...
Jun 6, 2024 | Reflections
Like a little candle— In his resignation speech last month, SNP leader Houmza Yousaf uttered a statement that I have not heard from any public leader for a long time. “I am not willing to trade my values and principles, or do deals with whomever, simply for retaining...
May 9, 2024 | Reflections
Surprised by hope My wife and I have always been great fans of crime fiction. We love watching TV dramas like “Midsomer Murders” or “Inspector Morse” and we have great fun playing amateur detective (Rule 1. It is nearly always the least suspect who actually did it and...
Apr 3, 2024 | Reflections
What if— What if is a question that usually pops up at some time in our lives. What if I had taken that job? What if I’d married that woman and not missed my chance? What if I had spoken up at that meeting and not kept quiet? Or if you are a bit of a history buff...
