Rev. Caroline3 days ago2 minSoap for HopeThese days, soap is a highly valued commodity and, if we are following the experts’ advice we will be using more of it than usual. The temptation then may be...
Rev. Caroline6 days ago2 minDo they know?With Covid-19 making it impossible to worship together in Church, there has been an explosion of online offerings from all around the country. When before co...
Rev. CarolineMay 212 minAscension DayA few years ago the Iona calendar featured a picture of “the wave”. Nothing to do with the sea though it was not far away. It is a tradition of the Iona Comm...
Rev. CarolineMay 202 minHands together, eyes closed?Think of the apostle Paul – what springs to mind? That he didn’t think women should be permitted to speak in Church? That he had a conversion experience on t...
Rev. CarolineMay 172 minGeneral Assembly WeekSomeone is talking. Behind them, we see a large bookcase, filled not only with books but also Ordnance Survey maps, pot plants, ornaments and children’s toys...
Rev. CarolineMay 132 minQuietly in the backgroundAs Jesus approached Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a large crowd, “he met a funeral. The dead man was the only son of his widowed mother; and many of...
Rev. CarolineMay 102 minHouse to HouseClimbing steps. Opening gates – and remembering to close them again. Appreciating the flower beds. Stepping over toys. Squeezing past cars. Fearing barking d...
Rev. CarolineMay 82 minSparrows and woodpeckersIt’s 8.50 in the morning on Friday 8th May. I drive into the empty car park at Dundee Crematorium. It is warm and sunny so I am tempted out of the car. It is...
Rev. CarolineMay 82 minLest we forget? We won't forget.In the living room, carefully arranged on top of the mantelpiece, piano and sideboard, there are lots of photos: individuals, and family groups. Ask the man w...
Rev. CarolineMay 62 minFrom bad to brilliantImagine you’ve had a really terrible few days. Your hopes have been dashed. The way you thought your life was going turns out not to be the way at all. You h...
Rev. CarolineMay 31 minLambs and shepherds, come away!Today (3rd May) is sometimes known as “Shepherding Sunday” and congregations throughout the world will be reading, singing, and/or listening to a version of ...
Rev. CarolineApr 292 min"... his giving is gentle as silence"11.00 am, Tuesday 28th April 2020. All around the UK, indoors and outside, in workplaces and on the street, at Glasgow Airport and Bournemouth Royal Hospital...
Rev. CarolineApr 263 minHas anyone seen Jesus today?Today’s Gospel reading is Luke’s account of the risen Christ accompanying Cleopas and his friend along the road from Jerusalem. They are returning home to Em...
Rev. CarolineApr 232 minLockedWe saw Thomas caught in the spotlight (last post) and we melted into the shadows with the other disciples, imagining their response to the unexpected appeara...
Rev. CarolineApr 192 minAway from the spotlightIf you tuned in to any radio, tv or internet service of worship today, it’s more than likely that the spotlight would have fallen on Thomas. The reason that ...
Rev. CarolineApr 152 minGardens of hopeThis photo was taken in Exeter Cathedral, shortly after Easter last year. Not only is it a symbol of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, it is also an example ...
Rev. CarolineApr 122 minEaster - different celebration, same messageThese lovely pictures in a window say it all. This Easter we are restricted to worshipping via screens and, if we’re lucky, with the one or more people in ou...
Rev. CarolineApr 112 minToday, we wait.We wait with “the women who had come with Jesus from Galilee … and saw the tomb, and how his body was laid; then they returned, and prepared spices and ointm...
Rev. CarolineApr 102 minWe are Family‘… near the cross where Jesus hung stood his mother, with her sister, Mary wife of Clopas, and Mary of Magdala. Jesus saw his mother, with the disciple whom ...
Rev. CarolineApr 92 minOur plans, God's planToday I received an email from a couple who have decided to postpone their wedding. Not the first I have recently replied to, expressing my sympathy that so...
