Jun 4, 2026 | QPUpdate, Who do you think you are?
June 2019, the rapper Stormzy walked onto the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury and with the words “let’s take this to church … we’re giving God all the glory right now” He sang: “Lord I’ve been broken Although I’m not worthy You fixed me I’m Blinded By...
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...
Apr 30, 2026 | QPUpdate, Who do you think you are?
Who do you think you are? Tracing our family history, uncovering the heroes and villains in our genealogies, can be a fascinating and unsettling endeavour. Many who do discover that the generational patterns, both good and bad, handed down by our families of origin...
Apr 22, 2026 | QPUpdate, Rise Up
This Sunday is the last in our Rise Up series where we’ve been looking at Isaiah’s message from Chapter 40 onwards. Isaiah 55, which we will look at on Sunday, is the joyous conclusion to the section of Isaiah’s prophecy which starts in Isaiah 40, and it is a fitting...
Apr 15, 2026 | News, QPUpdate, Rise Up
No one sings like the saved. We Christians are known for our singing. No one sings as much, or for as long, as we do! Whatever your tastes, preferences or musical delights, whether you can hold a note or sing off key, like it or lump it, churches of every shape and...
Apr 2, 2026 | Easter, QPUpdate
Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed, Hallelujah. Christians are Easter people; we live in the bright, burning light of Jesus Christ’s resurrection and the hope that brings for our future and for our world. As I write, events in our world (again!) conspire against...
Apr 2, 2026 | Lent Reflections, QPUpdate
A Strange Decoration Crosses dot our skyline, decorate our necks and form the central focus of many a church building. How strange to have incorporated the Roman Empire’s most barbarous instrument of torture as a feature of our worship and architecture. Think...
