Today’s offer, as made by Jesus, doesn’t look attractive. Initially he announces his own inglorious end of suffering grievously and being put to death. This is so shocking that the Apostles completely miss the last bit of the announcement, about Jesus’ coming back to life three days after his death. They are so scandalised that Peter remonstrates with Jesus: ‘This…

Morag, the church gossip and self-appointed arbiter of the Church’s morals, kept sticking her nose into other members’ private business. The Church members were unappreciative of her activities, but feared her enough to maintain their silence. She made a mistake, however, when she accused Angus, a new member, of being an alcoholic after she saw his van parked in front…

Where to start with the week we’ve had? Perhaps with the 70th anniversary of the Partition of India, the final act of the enlightened British rule that led to mass migration, a million people killed, and the hostility between India and Pakistan lasting for all those years. Then we had a clash in Charlottesville, USA between white supremacists and those…

A difficult decision that everyone has to make from time to time, when faced with a selection of equally attractive goods, is… which one to choose. In such a situation, many variables and aspects have to be taken into consideration, like affordability, attractiveness, prestige, look, desirability, and so on… Recently I had to replace my mobile phone, and it took…

Some of you might still remember from a few years back “Tad’s Tatties”, which were distributed from St Peter’s porch for a number of weeks. The tatties were a by-product of the rather noble enterprise of turning a strip of ground in the parish garden into a playground for the pupils of St Peter’s Primary School. First of all, that…