Life and Work August 2021 Articles
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PRAYER
Photo: iStock God of creation, whose creative power
Scotland’s hidden treasures
Thomas Baldwin asks a number of contributors for their suggestions on places of pilgrimage and Scotland’s ‘hidden treasures’ for the summer of 2021
REVIEWS
The MADNESS OF GRIEF A Memoir of Love
‘How Great Thou Art’
Thank you for five inspiring answers to July’s Big Question “What psalm or hymn uplifts you most, spiritually?”
The Big Question
This month’s question is: ‘What has been the most inspiring sacred place you have visited?’
A church meadow
John R Hume outlines the history of a village in East Renfrewshire which has a name with Latin roots
‘My life has had no set plan’
Jackie Macadam interviews Raymond Young, an architect and former Chair of the General Trustees
Life in the fishbowl
Dorene Jones looks back on nearly 50 years in the manse
New Fasti released
The Very Rev Dr Finlay Macdonald reports on the work behind a new edition of an important Church of Scotland volume
A compelling read
Steve Aisthorpe finds encouragement and challenges for the church in the final report of the Listening Project
The Big Picture
St Edwards chapel, Isle of Canna by
‘A big part in my life’
Abbie Hair from Port Glasgow explains why she wants to become a member of the Church of Scotland
Royal reopening for Abbey renovation
Thomas Baldwin reports on the reopening of Iona Abbey
ORGANIST’S HALF CENTURY
In May the Scots Kirk in Lausanne, Switzerland,
TWO BRIDGES WALK
The Bruce Memorial Church in Cambusbarron, Stirling has
NEW MEMBERS
Port Glasgow New Parish Church welcomed 14 new
WATER BUCKET CHALLENGE
The organisers of Christian Aid Week in Kinross-shire
BLANKETS FOR REFUGEES
More than 30 blankets, made up of squares
70 YEARS AN ELDER
Twenty-three elders at St Michael’s Parish Church, Linlithgow,
A sense of hope for the future
Thomas Baldwin reports on a colourful floral installation at a Glasgow Church
Who, how and why we welcome
The Very Rev Dr Derek Browning reflects on the importance of welcome in hospitality
August 2021 Crossword
Across 1 Tabitha, Christian woman of Joppa (6)
August 2021 Cryptic Crossword
Across 1 Convict returns raw material in abundance
A church God can work with
The Very Rev Dr John Chalmers considers the wider impact of the decisions taken by this year’s General Assembly of the Church of Scotland