3 December International Day of persons with disabilities The focus of this year’s Day is ‘Not all disabilities are visible’: thinking of things like mental illness, chronic pain or fatigue, sight or hearing impairment, diabetes, brain injuries, neurological disorders, learning differences and cognitive dysfunctions. According to the WHO 15% of the world’s population (or over […]

2 International Day for the abolition of slavery According to the International Labour Organisation (a UN agency) some 40 million people around the world are engaged in some form of modern slavery – that includes forced labour, debt bondage, forced marriage and human trafficking. It isn’t all in ‘far away’ countries – from time to

1 December World AIDS Day This year the focus of the world has very much been on Covid-19. Other illnesses and diseases have not however deferred to it, and gone away. According to the World Health Organisation in 2019 38m people were HIV-positive (20% of whom were unaware of their status), there were 1.7m new

30 November St Andrew’s Day We know little about Andrew (though there are many later legends) but what we do know suggests that he was a quiet man, but one who engaged with people, introduced people, tried to ‘do the right thing.’ May there’s a lot we could learn from Andrew in that   Lord,

28 November The sun is shining today – first time for a while. The dark days of November and December can pull us all down. Some of us may go out today to enjoy the sunshine, others may not be able to do so. Can we bring some ‘sunshine’ into the lives of people who

The following comes from a message sent out today by the Moderator of the General Assembly. You might like to share it with people who cannot access our online services:   “Finally, and with further reference to BBC Scotland, we’ve been glad that they’ve recognised the value of televised worship services throughout the period of