Springtime Spring seems to have come earlier this year with record high temperatures. Of course, we are in Scotland, so we are still...

Pilgrimage When I started this short series of reflections, my mind was very much on the fact that Lent and Easter are later this year,...

Beauty Balance, is that it? Is beauty just good configuration? Are we, as some suggest, attracted to works of art, or even certain...

Point of View A good few years ago, an official from the Home Office was giving some input to prison chaplains about the crime rate. He...

Paradise Lost? When you look around at the scenery around Crieff, it’s hard to think that paradise was ever lost. It doesn’t matter what...

Sermons I’m not in the habit of inflicting my homilies on a wider audience than my congregations. At least they have the chance of...

Songs and smells For me, it’s the smell of mince. Every time I walk into a house that has mince on the go, I am transported back to...

Waiting Most of us find the business of waiting trying. We British used to be famous for our queues, but these days we have probably...