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PRAYER

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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