May 27, 2026 | QPUpdate, Who do you think you are?
When I was a young adult, I had the opportunity to meet and have dinner with one of my heroes. My fear of failure meant rather than take up the invite I headed to the library to study for an exam. I had just turned down having dinner with Tony Campolo, and with...
May 21, 2026 | News, QPUpdate, Who do you think you are?
“They were all together in one place”. So begins the story of Pentecost and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit that birthed the church. (Acts 2:1) “They” were 120 women and men, disciples of Jesus, waiting and praying in an upstairs room. In focussing on the work of...
May 13, 2026 | QPUpdate, Who do you think you are?
Recently Alison and I went for a wee wander in one of our favourite places to go for a walk when visiting family in Oban, Sutherland’s Grove. A few years ago, extensive and laborious work was done to cut back rhododendron bushes. This invasive plant had begun to...
May 7, 2026 | QPUpdate, Who do you think you are?
I have no idea what it’s like to be King Charles 3rd. We’ve been rewatching Netflix’s “The Crown” and, if fictional drama gets anywhere near the truth, then “frustrating” might describe what it’s genuinely like inside the British constitutional monarchy. The...
