Dear Reader I don’t where it originated but clapping has become, and is, a universal means of showing our appreciation and enjoyment following a performance of one kind or another. It’s a very happy sound....
Dear Reader Most of us at some time or other will have said or thought, ‘I don’t like the look of him/her’, or on some other occasion said the opposite, ‘I like him/her, they are...
Dear Reader, This current crisis has made us all think on the importance of keeping in touch. Prolonged isolation is no fun. I have been heartened in my isolation, in receiving your messages. I look...
Dear Reader It was a case of mistaken identity that first Easter morning. Mary Magdalene thought Jesus was the gardener. After a short discourse, the ‘penny dropped’. It wasn’t the gardener at all but the...
Dear Reader As we continue with the necessary restrictions which have, and still, continue to affect just about every aspect of our lives we ‘join’ in celebrating the resurrection of Jesus. For me, today feels...
Dear Reader This is the point in Holy week where Jesus along with his disciples and their hopes, expectations and claims finally hit the buffers. Jesus now dead and locked in (entombed) and the disciples...
Dear Reader, Today this phrase ‘ Social distancing’ will forever be etched in our minds and will now be part of our recorded world history. For those who can remember, possibly one or two of...
Dear Reader Today is the day we call Maundy Thursday of Holy Week. It is the day we remember Jesus washing the disciples’ feet, an act of humility and servitude. It is a day when...
HOLY WEEK SERVICES Maundy Thursday – 9 April Newton Mearns Churches Joint Maundy Thursday Service, 7.30pm broadcast on Newton Mearns Baptist Church livestream. The Service will be led by Revd Stuart Crawford Good Friday –...
Dear Reader One of the easiest things to give away and one of the hardest things to accept is ‘advice’. The ‘I know’ factor is often evident when you want to make a suggestion. Isn’t...