In October 2022 my daughter Jane, who works at ‘Glasgow Life’, was asked to welcome King Charles 3rd to the re-opening of ‘The Burrell Collection’, on Glasgow South Side, after a £65m refurbishment. She had spent 7 years working on the project and now the great day was in sight! The King, on his first...
“This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.” Do you remember this chorus popular in the 1960’s? During the first lockdown, we had many days which seemed very similar, some people went to work and some had Zoom or Teams meetings but our families...
These days many people drive cars fitted with a sat-nav. When activated, a monotonous and mechanical voice directs you with comments like “In two hundred yards turn right into the High Street”. The prophet Isaiah writes in Chapter 30 verse 21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear...
Traidcraft plc went into administration in January , after struggling for several years. This was the company which supplied our fair-trade goods. It began trading in1979 & was one of the pioneers of justice in trade. It supported the fairtrade charity, Traidcraft Exchange since it’s set up in 1986. The charity changed its name to...
March 2023 Magazine Jesus’ life has spawned many books! It is in John’s Gospel that the writer concludes: ‘Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written’ (John 21v25). We live...