The Ven John Barton considers the Christmas story … All over the world, doors are being slammed shut this Christmas. As the...
Christmas Geese
The story is told of a farmer who didn't believe in Jesus. One snowy Christmas Eve, his wife was taking their children to a...
Monastic Musings
I always feel sorry, particularly at this time of the year, for people “in the preaching trade” because finding something new...
Deacon’s Deliberations
Our Memory Lane support group for people with mild to moderate Dementia and their careers provides music therapy for a large...
Clergy Cogitations
Dear Friends For all of us, privately and publicly, 2024 will have been a mixed year. Years are always like that. Hopes and...
Advent
Advent is a period of spiritual preparation in which many Christians make themselves ready for the coming, or birth of the...
God in Music
Editor: The Rev Michael Burgess looks at great works of music. Surely angels play Mozart at home The German theologian, Karl...
Autumn Ladies
Autumn Ladies recommenced on Wednesday 11th September. Our guest speaker was Frank Roy from the Lanarkshire Cancer Care...
A Fairtrade Awayday
This year is the 30th anniversary of the Fairtrade mark, and as part of Fairtrade Fortnight in September I attended the...
Monastic Musings
Over the summer I bought a little bird bath and feeder for the communal garden to the side of my block of flats. It has been...









