Ministry

RevRabRants

Dec 23, 20204 min read

Church-Covid-Christmas

So the grand reopening never came to pass. It has stop-started for many months and, in our case at Falkirk Trinity, stopping again in the...

RevRabRants

Jul 27, 20195 min read

Good old Summer Mission has something still to teach us!

The late, great, Sandy McDonald, minister at my Church in Paisley asked me one day, “Have you ever thought about going on summer mission,...

RevRabRants

Jan 19, 20194 min read

What is cheesecake?

So you probably have some slightly different recipes for coming up with cheesecake, but at the end of the day you will be eating...

RevRabRants

Oct 1, 20183 min read

Basic task(s) of ordained ministry

1. Answer all e-mails swiftly. 2. Lead all spiritual discussion evenings at Church because you are the expert. 3. Open and close up the...

RevRabRants

Aug 5, 20183 min read

S.I.M.P.L.E.

I was reading/glancing through the 72-page report (yes, that’s 7 and 2) entitled Review of Training and Support of Ministers – if you...

RevRabRants

May 22, 20181 min read

Hats off...

Tuesday at GA2018… Hats off to the three young people from Dornoch who entertained us before Assembly commenced, two on fiddle, one on...

RevRabRants

Apr 29, 20183 min read

Diary of a nobody!

Some will no doubt hear of me ranting away about change and reform in the Kirk and dismiss me as an irksome nobody who will soon fizzle...

RevRabRants

Apr 21, 20183 min read

Are ministers essential?

Hadn’t signed up for an away day for a while, so I thought I would sign up for the one day preaching conference at New College in...

REFORM THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND...