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The church and communion
Thomas Baldwin considers the place of communion in the Church of Scotland today
LETTERS
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QUESTION
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This month’s question is: ‘How does your church make communion meaningful?’
COMMENT
This column will make your jaw drop
Ron Ferguson laments modern-day emotional incontinence.
Among living stones
The very Rev Albert Bogle challenges the church to ask what it can’t leave behind in reforming for the 21st century.
Facing our challenges
Earlier this year, the Rev Dr Doug Gay proposed radical changes in the Church of Scotland. As a new book on these themes is published, he reflects on feedback to his suggestions.
MODERATOR
Catching up with God
The Rt Rev Dr Derek Browning asks the church to engage with the General Assembly’s call to prayer
PROFILE
‘I sleep very well these nights’
The Rev Iain May tells Jackie Macadam how he made the journey from high-flying banker to Edinburgh minister.
FEATURE
Will the future have a church?
The Very Rev Dr James Simpson believes church history is a powerful reminder that the Kirk’s apparent death spiral could once again become a rising phoenix.
Releasing gifts
Catriona Munro reports from this year’s National Youth Assembly
‘We were all made equal’
Jackie Macadam hears from women who will take part in a conference celebrating their contribution to the world church this month.
Love in action
Jackie Macadam previews CrossReach Week, which takes place this month.
SERIES
Simple and dignified
John R Hume explores the history of the village and church of Kinlochleven.
NEWS
Women’s ministry campaigner receives honorary doctorate
Thomas Baldwin reports on an honour for one of the pioneers of women’s ministry in the Church of Scotland.
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Honouring the gentle poet of Loch Leven
The Very Rev Dr Angus Morrison describes the commemoration of the death of Michael Bruce.
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The Rev Najla Kassab, a minister in the National Evangelical
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An unlikely leader
Continuing his series about people on the move, the Rev Richard Baxter focuses on Nehemiah.
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The Rev Lezley Stewart asks how we respond when plans don’t work out as expected.
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