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I don’t think that I’ve ever had such a marked change of gear in my life than that between yesterday and today. Yesterday was Mum’s funeral service, and a joyful celebration of her life it was. Today I’m having to … Continue reading →

Over the last few weeks I’ve been giving some thought to how some NT letters contain ‘Household codes’ and what we are to make of them today. Why and why now? The ‘why’ is personal, so I won’t bore you … Continue reading →

Heading into Honfleur of an evening to eat, I was wearing my ‘Still European’ hoodie, noted positively by a number of people. But on the way I began to think about Brexit, and a major slogan of the Leave campaign: … Continue reading →

Paul’s Greek – staccato? As it happens in the annual schedule for covering the GNT in a year, I’ve been reading 2 Corinthians recently, and (not being very proficient) have found it particularly difficult to follow at times. So, I … Continue reading →

At the suggestion of Jim Gordon, I wrote this short piece for his blog, Living Wittily, as one of a series on the books of Eugene Peterson, one of the outstanding shapers of pastoral ministry and spirituality in the last … Continue reading →

Short Address at the Robin Chapel – 26 August 2018 Introduction Edinburgh is a beautiful city in which to live at any time of the year, but there is a special atmosphere about the place when the Festival is taking … Continue reading →

Dear Friends (on WordPress, FaceBook and everywhere else),   2017 has been an exciting but difficult year for the Hay family, related in our annual Christmas newsletter – link below.   This Christmas is the first that we will spend … Continue reading →

One of my oldest and dearest friends, Jim McMinn, was laid to rest on Tuesday 2nd May, and it was a great sadness to me that I was unable to be present. However, as a way of remembering him I … Continue reading →