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So much goodness to be seen in daily life (opens the original)
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At the recent Nairn Book and Arts Festival I heard award-winning author Douglas Stuart speak about his works, and in particular his latest novel, John of John. Itâs set in Falabay, an imaginary, deeply religious community on Harris in the 1990s. Three of the main characters, including John Macleod and his son John Calum (Cal), are gay. Same sex attraction is viewed in the community as being such a grievous sin that it cannot be spoken of, cannot be acknowledged. Many gay people who have grown
âHis delight in living things reflects a Creatorâs delightâ (opens the original)
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I first met Colin Taylor at St Andrews one Saturday in August 1974 when we were part of a team of young Christians organising activities for children on holiday. Colin and his wife now live in Inverness, and weâre able to catch up regularly. That distant St Andrews afternoon we walked at low tide beneath the castle, chatting about our love for the Chronicles of Narnia and inspecting the languid inhabitants of rock pools at our feet. Rock pools and CS Lewis: already at the age of 17, it was bec
âRivers of living water will flowâ from Christian well (opens the original)
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We visited the Clootie Well near Munlochy the other Saturday â a slightly eerie place, since the flowing water is overhung by rags and pieces of clothing draped on low branches. The well is understood to have existed prior to the coming of Christianity, but in early Christian times it was dedicated to St Curetán (also know as St Boniface) the Rosemarkie-based Bishop of Ross active between 690 and 710AD. Itâs difficult to recover the perspective of the wellâs first visitors for whom the la
âI felt I was walking into a family rather than attending a serviceâ (opens the original)
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Janet Smith was happy that her sister had faith in Jesus. When Sandra was dying from breast cancer in 2007, she told Janet: âLife is a tapestry. My life is coming to an end here, but thereâs a bigger thing for me to do wherever Iâm going next.â Sandraâs faith had been strong since the sistersâ Catholic childhood on Benbecula, but for Janet religion seemed centred on fear of God rather than relationship with God. She wanted to believe, but âI just never, ever felt it,â she tells m
Helping people with a space where âitâs OK not to be OKâ (opens the original)
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Jonathan Turner was impressed by the welcome Brianâs family gave him. The young teenager felt completely at home in his badminton palâs house. And accompanying Brian to Youth Fellowship at Galashiels Baptist Church he found there a similar welcome, acceptance and openness to his questions about Christianity. Jonathan was deeply impacted by this quality of welcome: it partly inspired a working life spent helping people and training and equipping other people-helpers. He worked in Highland Cou
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