Category: exploring with essays

Scotland and its Churches The Very Revd Dr James A Whyte Professor Emeritus of Practical Theology and Christian Ethics in the University of St Andrews When the Romans left Britain in 410, some of the inhabitants of what is now...

The Meaning of Matter Gilleasbuig Macmillan Minister of St Giles Cathederal, Edinburgh I have heard people say ‘The Church is not the building. The Church is the people.’ They often have axes (immaterial axes, of...

Getting into Churches John Gifford The Buildings of Scotland A sizeable amount of my time spent working for the Buildings of Scotland Trust is taken up by visiting churches of all denominations. Often I just turn up....

Be still and know The Revd Norman Drummond BBC National Governor and Chairman of the Broadcasting Council for Scotland The late Very Revd Dr Ronnie Selby Wright, former Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland...

Entertaining Angels The Celtic tradition of Welcome Dr Ian Bradley Lecturer, Department of Divinity, Aberdeen University ‘Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels...