The exam results days in Scotland and the rest of the UK were nine days apart. Young people learnt how well they had done in their SQCs and GCSEs respectively. Although I’m selfishly in a very comfortable position of not being bothered – neither personally nor as a parent – the subject was unavoidable unless I had gone completely off-grid.…

“See that you are dressed for action.” Part of this opening line of today’s gospel reading could be a neat slogan you can put on a T-shirt: Dressed for action. But ‘would it be a proper outfit for just any action? I suppose an entire line of fashionable sportswear could be produced and marketed with such a catchy phrase but…

A report from half a year ago: “Oil giant BP said it has “more cash than we know what to do with” as it revealed profits near £ 10 billion while households face a devastating rise in energy bills.” I recalled it a couple of days ago when more energy companies posted their eye-watering profits, in one case a five-fold…

Having lost my car in an accident (not my fault since you asked) I was desperate to get a replacement. Don’t be alarmed, the story happened nearly a quarter of a century ago. Short of money, my only option was to buy a second-hand car which was at that time rather risky. People running such businesses were infamous for flogging…

Oh, the irony of fate… The central theme of this Sunday’s reading is hospitality and bang on cue my hermit-like life has been thrown into disarray by a procession of visitors, different ones each day this weekend. So, firstly I had to tidy up my flat to make it visibly hospitable. The living room and the dining table were of…