True path from Tibet to … Eskdalemuir
Profile of Akong Rinpoche, founder of the first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in the west, Samye Ling in Eskdalemuir, which celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. On 8 August, 1988, the temple was...
View ArticleFormer minister places his faith in regenerating industrial wastelands
Profile of Tom Campbell, the former Church of Scotland minister who is now chief executive of Fusion Assets, a 50/50 joint venture between Scottish Enterprise Lanarkshire and North Lanarkshire Council,...
View ArticleDons' legend still hankers after the beautiful game
Profile of former international footballer and manager Brian Irvine as he begins a new job and a new direction as a youth worker in Inverness. He’s employed at Youth Inclusive, is an initiative by...
View Article'It's a privilege to be able to help people – it keeps me optimistic'
Profile of Annabel Goldie, leader of the Scottish Conservative Party. An Elder in the Church of Scotland, Goldie says that her Christian faith transcends everything else. “To me it is the primary...
View ArticleGordon Brown's new book teaches us, if nothing else, that we are to have...
Unsympathetic review of the Chancellor’s forthcoming book, Courage: Eight Portraits, which ‘amounts to a declaration of faith’. ‘Whoever wrote Courage by Gordon Brown, he, she or they are to be...
View ArticleSheilagh has faith in the future
The next Kirk Moderator today spoke of the privilege and burden of being the first woman minister to take on the Church of Scotland’s top job. Former Musselburgh minister Rev Sheilagh Kesting will be...
View ArticleModerator hopes post will inspire women worldwide
The first female minister to become Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland yesterday said she hoped her appointment would be an inspiration to women in churches worldwide. The Rev...
View ArticleBreaking the mould: meet the Kirk’s quiet rebel
Ron Ferguson profiles Sheilagh Kesting, the Moderator-elect of the Church of Scotland’s General Assembly: Inevitably, the words Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland conjure up a...
View ArticleJ K Rowling: 'Christianity inspired Harry Potter'
The Pope may have condemned the Harry Potter books, but J K Rowling has now revealed that Christianity has been one of her major inspirations. Breaking her silence on the much-debated question as to...
View ArticleSpeaking from experience: Bob Holman awards
My best moment in 2008 was at the Southern General Hospital, writes Bob Holman, retired professor of social policy and a community worker in Easterhouse, Glasgow. I had undergone another scan and was...
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