27           Holocaust Memorial Day Two days ago we were marking Burns Night. Behind some of his greatest poems and songs we see the inspiration of the European (and Scottish) Enlightenment, and Revolutionary thinking in in America and France: The Declaration of the Rights of Man, Liberte Egalite Fraternity etc. Then let us pray that […]

26 ‘Yes, but..’ Two words that seem to sum up quite a lot about life at the moment. The vaccination programme is rolling out, but questions keep being asked about the speed, who should be given priority, the flow of supplies, the effectiveness of current vaccines both in the longer-term and against new variants. With

The Rev Ian Johnson, Minister of the Church of Scotland Linkage in Dumbarton Today marks the end of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, and Burns’ Night. I’m not sure what Burns would have made of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. He could be fairly scathing in his depictions of the Established

Oli Higham, Pastor of Rock Community Church This week we have been reflecting on the theme of Christian Unity.  Perhaps our best example of this is found in God himself.  The Franciscan friar, Richard Rohr says “In the Trinity, the three must be maintained as three and understood as different from one another. Yet the

23 The Rev Heller Gonzalez, Rector of St Augustine’s Episcopal Church “that they may all be one.  As you, Father, are in me and I am in you, may they also be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me”. John 17: 21 NRSV, Anglicised   It’s been a winter

22 Pastor Grant Hamilton, Dumbarton Baptist Church My family lived for a few years in a large city in a North African country. There were 2 local Christians, a handful on our team, a small number of students from French speaking countries like Cameroon, another handful of French women who had married local Muslim men

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21 The Rev Sara Jayne Rettie, minister of Dalreoch United Free Church of Scotland: Just before his arrest and trial Jesus prayed for all believers asking that they might be one (John 17:21).  Difficult though the last few months have been with so many restrictions on Christians meeting in their individual buildings, it has however

The Rev Mitchell Bunting, minister of the United Reformed Churches in Helensburgh and Dumbarton: I am writing this short reflection on Epiphany – the ancient Christian Festival which preceded the creation of the Christmas festival  possibly by a couple of hundred years. It is a festival marked by many churches today as we recall the