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PRAYER

God of wild places daisies, ditches rowans, raspberries

LETTERS

Many thanks to Ruth Bancewicz for this delightful article

REGISTERS

Rev Glyn R Taverner, formerly of Maxton and Mertoun

The great crisis question

Ron Ferguson considers how new generations will deal with the big issues left by their forebears.

Transforming the journey

The Very Rev Dr Albert Bogle urges the Church to shake off the dust of the past and speak more openly in engaging with racism and injustice.

Biblical plants and sacred spaces

Lynne McNeil discovers a direct link to the Bible can be created in a garden or balcony.

Jennifer’s Story

Thomas Baldwin describes how the loss of a precious baby daughter provided the backdrop for the author of a new book.

Under the rainbow

A focus on a Christian charity which deals with issues of miscarriage, infant loss and infertility.

21st century churches

Concluding the series on contemporary church buildings, Malcolm Littlejohn describes how an Aberdeenshire parish was boosted by uniting in a single building.

Changing the narrative

The Rev Martin Johnstone reports on the history and impact of the Poor Peoples’ Campaign.

Our wake-up moment?

The Rt Rev Dr Martin Fair reflects on the impact of a global pandemic on the Church.

Emergent Church

Ruth Harvey considers the pathway for the Church from lockdown offered by Matthew 18.

The children of God

Teenage siblings Jennifer, 18, Maheva, 15 and Wilfried, 14, Nsangou describe their baptism at St Rollox church, Glasgow.

Jesus and the natural world

In the continuing series celebrating 50 years of the SRT, Andrew Torrance explains why the Church is called to proclaim the natural world is not its own independent reality.

PARISH NEWS

In May each year children from Dumbarton: Riverside

CROSSWORDS

This month’s crosswords are sponsored by: TUNNOCK’S

Kindness counts

The Very Rev Dr John Chalmers considers the importance of kindess in the ‘new normal’.