Crux probat omnia!

Crux probat omnia!

I have on dozens of occasions crossed over the Atlantic Ocean without either flying or sailing! Some of you may have taken the same route over the Atlantic as me, as you leave mainland Scotland and cycle, walk, or drive across the humpback Clachan bridge onto the...
Earth Hour

Earth Hour

This week we have a guest blog from Sue Munro. It seems appropriate to share this blog this week as on Saturday it is Earth Hour and this week, while the mainstream news cycles have been distracted by frivolities, the IPCC released its sobering Synthesis Report on the...
Crux probat omnia!

Happy New Year?

Yes, you have read the title of this blog right and yes, the question mark is playing a very important role in this title! This Monday, 21st March, is نوروز , Nowruz, the Persian new year, when our brothers and sisters from Iran traditionally say goodbye to winter and...
Crux probat omnia!

Grace or grudge – you choose.

Payback culture, it’s the way the world works. You scratch my back and I scratch yours. You hurt me and I expect compensation. You let me down and I demand you make it up to me. It’s the law of Karma where our misdemeanours must be atoned for by our good deeds lest we...
Crux probat omnia!

Faithful

Is God faithful? A few weeks back, via some glitch with our song presentation software we found ourselves singing, “Is God faithful?”   The answer is, of course, a resounding “yes, God is faithful” as a multitude of songs proclaim. Yet the question mark chimes with...