Eutychus

I finished my last exam for this semester today and so I can breathe a sigh of relief and look forward to Christmas free from the burden of revision and exam stress.  I found myself most stressed by my Doctrine of Creation exam and that included a question of Calvin’s doctrine of providence.  According to Calvin [...]

I should be at a funeral!  Not anyone I know, but a member of my placement congregation.  Instead I’m wondering what to do next, not that there’s a shortage of things to do, but I normally work to a plan and like to think that my busy diary is reasonably well managed.  I dug snow [...]

On Sunday at 11.55 we gathered around the War Memorial by the back door of Dalgety Parish Church.  As well as the regular congregation there were others who came especially to remember.  There was also a brass quartet to lead the singing and the local air cadets on parade.  I had one task, to lead [...]

Sunday was my first opportunity to preach in my placement church. I think it went OK, though I’ve yet to meet with my Supervisor to get feedback, so I may need to post a follow up to this blog comment! Anyway, I thought I would share my own impressions and reflections. The church had been [...]

Last Sunday was the first of the October half term holidays and so numbers were down at my placement church.  The minister was away doing his Interim Moderator duties and I was suddenly aware that I felt a sense of responsibility for how many people were at church as if it was a ‘performance indicator’!  [...]

Jointly leading a seminar on the sacrament of baptism has confirmed (no, not that type of confirmation!) my suspicions as to the high level of confusion surrounding the sacrament.  Contemporary theological debate has, to some extent, favoured believer’s baptism over infant baptism and the numbers of parents seeking to have their infants baptised…[Read more]

I play my accordion in a Scottish Music Group and yesterday during tea break a lady in front of where I was sitting was concerned that her friend was being put off by someone in the row I was sitting who was tapping their foot not quite in time with the music.  I confess I [...]

My home church is in vacancy and on Sunday the church members will vote in a nominating committee.  What has come as a bit of a shock for many of the church folk is that Presbytery is only allowing the church to have a 50% minister.  This is a bit of a journey into the [...]

I think I will start by considering the issue of ”letting go”. Sat here in my study I am only too aware that I’m a hoarder. I’ve papers to sort and shred, bits of electronic gear, bits of old computers, just stuff that I will probably never use again, but something inside is reluctant to [...]