Life and Work August 2020 Articles
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PRAYER
God of wild places daisies, ditches rowans, raspberries
LETTERS
Many thanks to Ruth Bancewicz for this delightful article
REGISTERS
Rev Glyn R Taverner, formerly of Maxton and Mertoun
The great crisis question
Ron Ferguson considers how new generations will deal with the big issues left by their forebears.
Biblical plants and sacred spaces
Lynne McNeil discovers a direct link to the Bible can be created in a garden or balcony.
Jennifer’s Story
Thomas Baldwin describes how the loss of a precious baby daughter provided the backdrop for the author of a new book.
Under the rainbow
A focus on a Christian charity which deals with issues of miscarriage, infant loss and infertility.
21st century churches
Concluding the series on contemporary church buildings, Malcolm Littlejohn describes how an Aberdeenshire parish was boosted by uniting in a single building.
Changing the narrative
The Rev Martin Johnstone reports on the history and impact of the Poor Peoples’ Campaign.
An important focal point
John R Hume considers the roots and history of Netherlee Parish Church.
Our wake-up moment?
The Rt Rev Dr Martin Fair reflects on the impact of a global pandemic on the Church.
Emergent Church
Ruth Harvey considers the pathway for the Church from lockdown offered by Matthew 18.
The children of God
Teenage siblings Jennifer, 18, Maheva, 15 and Wilfried, 14, Nsangou describe their baptism at St Rollox church, Glasgow.
Jesus and the natural world
In the continuing series celebrating 50 years of the SRT, Andrew Torrance explains why the Church is called to proclaim the natural world is not its own independent reality.
PARISH NEWS
In May each year children from Dumbarton: Riverside
CROSSWORDS
This month’s crosswords are sponsored by: TUNNOCK’S
Kindness counts
The Very Rev Dr John Chalmers considers the importance of kindess in the ‘new normal’.