Archive - Plodding to the Prize

A personal reflection

Feb 16, 2023 •

This is Plodding to the Prize.

Feb 15, 2023 •

Being a Minister

Willie Still points out how the task of a minister can be simply stated: he is a "feeder of souls by means of the Word of God". However to be this, it…

Feb 15, 2023 •

December 2022

Hello! It has been over a year since I last wrote something. Ouch. It is an expression of the sense of busy-ness of life as a minister over 2022 that I…

Dec 30, 2022 •

October 2022

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Oct 14, 2022 •

November 2021

Are we in "the last days"?

This is a question I get asked from time to time by visitors to our church or friends I have in other churches. It arises because it seems to me that…

Nov 4, 2021 •

October 2021

Are You Serious?

I’m recovering from some surgery last week and I have been given some time off from ministry to recover. It leaves me at a loose end, I have to admit…

Oct 5, 2021 •

September 2021

A Strange Anniversary

It has been exactly a year today since I last posted to this blog.

Sep 3, 2021 •

September 2020

Do Evangelical Churches Need to Reconsider "Parish"?

As a young lad growing up in the west of Scotland, I became familiar with the local parish church. The minister would be a regular visitor to my primary…

Sep 3, 2020 •

July 2020

Open Air Worship

Last Sunday was a major step for our church as we met for the first time in-person as a congregation in the open air. We currently have a difficulty in…

Jul 28, 2020 •

Treasures from Crieff

I have known about the Crieff Fellowship for decades but I only found out recently that there was a website with many of the past addresses. For those…

Jul 21, 2020 •

Practical Evangelism

Last Sunday at Solihull Presbyterian Church we were looking at Matthew 10:1-15. In this passage Matthew lists the names of the apostles and then…

Jul 15, 2020 •

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