May 9, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
Brief encounters, those sliding door moments that in an instant completely shift a life direction. I have had a few. My Queen’s Park journey began with one. As an impoverished bible college student, I parked up in a free parking spot just off Glasgow High...
May 2, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
My taste in music is probably best described as eclectic. A few years back I came across the intelligent and at times melancholy lyrics of Antje Duvekot. Duvekot was born in West Germany and moved to the United States as a teenager. Given her background, imagine my...
Apr 25, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
During the 2021 London Marathon runner Angie Hopson suffered what she thought was a muscle strain during training, but the pain became much worse during the race. She managed to complete the course in just over six hours raising money for Parkinson’s UK in memory of...
Apr 18, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
The pace quickens, the heart beats faster, the expectation amps up. Yes, soon you will be flopped down on your own favourite armchair or comfy couch. Home! There’s nothing like it after a long journey. As my family used to say, with a sigh, when we drew up at the...
Apr 11, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
So, have you managed to miss the rain and huge puddles, or have you got soaked this week? On Wednesday I took the train into town and managed to miss the rain, which I’m thankful for, to visit Glasgow City Mission. Glasgow City Mission As a church, we love the work...
Apr 4, 2024 | QPUpdate, Unshakeable
Jerry Lee Lewis, that great social commentator, in 1957, sang “there’s a whole lotta shakin’ going on”. What was true for the 1950s remains equally true in the 2020s. We are living through turbulent times. We face renewed volatility between nations, endure...
Mar 14, 2024 | QPUpdate, Questions of Life
When I was in my late teens one of the youth leaders rather than buy a fancy car bought a minibus. It meant that after youth club on a Friday night a bunch of us could pile into the minibus and head to someone’s house to hang out. It was on these Friday nights, which...
Mar 7, 2024 | QPUpdate, Questions of Life
Of first importance Tom Holland’s magisterial volume Dominion demonstrates the profound influence of Christianity on Western civilisation, and has the sub-title, ‘The Making of the Western Mind’. The very first page of the first chapter describes the extreme horror...
Feb 29, 2024 | QPUpdate, Questions of Life
Taylor Swift, Donald Trump, and even Vladimir Putin command the headlines in 2024. Yet, I am convinced, their celebrity and status will wane. Few names survive the test of time. Yet the influence of Jesus of Nazareth is increasing globally after 2000 years. Arguably...
