From The Editor

WHO could have predicted the year that was 2020? As

PRAYER

O Lord our God If we should forget you in this month

LETTERS

Many thanks for this extensive correspondence. Guy

The Big Question

This month’s question is: ‘how do you heal, spiritually?’

My life is in Christ

The Rt Rev Dr Martin Fair considers the di erence between passions and the meaning of life.

We are not enemies

Jackie Macadam brings together US ministers and staff within the Church of Scotland looking to the future after a bitterly contested US presidential election which revealed deep divisions within their homeland.

Getting the message over

Lawyer Iain Mitchell QC tells Jackie Macadam about his call to the Bar – and preaching in the Church of Scotland.

The Big Picture

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A ‘jerkin-headed’ Church

John R Hume reflects on the gifts of an Orkney church.

Lenten reflections

The Rev Tommy MacNeil brings the first in a series of reflections for each Sunday in Lent.

Caring for creation

Members of Church of Scotland Youth (CoSY) Glasgow collectively describe their recent work.

UK churches call for 75% emissions cut

Thomas Baldwin reports on a joint churches’ call to drastically reduce emissions by 2030.

’Well equipped to fulfil its mission statement’

Thomas Baldwin reports on the £1.1m transformation of an Edinburgh church.

CROSSWORDS

Across

The art of reconciliation

Ruth Harvey reflects on the commandments which contribute to peacemaking.

The beginning of wisdom

The Very Rev Dr John Chalmers explains why love overcomes fear.