For some reason, I woke up a bit on the grumpy side this morning. It was a typical damp, cloudy, drizzly morning here in Scotland, […]
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Things that might motivate us
Conveyers or the pop-up thingies…
It’s amazing what can bring people of varying nationalities, varying financial conditions, some rich and others not, varying importance, some important others not so much, […]
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On a Sunday morning not so long ago, I sat in the morning service of St. Andrews Free Church of Scotland in St. Andrews. The message on […]
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Reading Patrick O’Brian and Philip Allan’s great adventures at sea aboard HMS Surprise and HMS Griffin respectively, one observes from afar their preparations for battle […]
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Sometimes listening to HANK FM or country music in general can be a bit like goin’ to church. If you aren’t a church goer, maybe […]
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Scottish advocate, judge, writer and historian who was a Professor of Universal History, and Greek and Roman Antiquities at the University of Edinburgh. “A democracy […]
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I was listening to KHYM driving home from Wichita. The speaker related a story of a Pastor who was walking on a beach with his […]
Continue reading10 Surprising Things the Queen Said About Jesus
Haven Today September 8, 2022 — Queen Elizabeth II has died at the age of 96. As a country mourns the passing of its longest reigning […]
Continue readingLetter from Scotland 2 – What Whisky Teaches Us About the World – and the Gospel
Dear Brothers and Sisters., Slowly recovering from the lurgy – but thankful that we were able to make it to Aviemore to celebrate mine and […]
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“Do you think that you can reprove words, when the speech of a despairing man is wind?” (Job 6:26) In grief and pain and despair, people […]
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