Retreat going well.

Having a good time with this group of CMS missionaries. They are being hosted by families up and down our street and we are meeting in our living room during the day. Tomorrow we will do a mini-pilgrimage, perhaps taking a ferry out to the island of Papa Westray. Interesting seeing the various streams coming…

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Amazing Grace meets Emerging Church

Jonny Baker interviewed on the Allelon site today. Podcast and everything. Jonny is flying into Orkney this morning with some others from CMS and I am just going to the airport to pick them up. When i get a chance, I will listen to the podcast of Jonny interviewed by Alan Roxburgh but in the…

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Speaking on Emerging Church in Orkney

Yesterday I preached at Stromness Baptist Church and we looked at Acts 2 and the early church. I brought up the topic of “emerging church” which, although I have been connected with this church and speaking there for nearly 2 years, I have never really mentioned. But I wanted the folk there to be conversant…

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Fresh Eggs for our crepes.

Last Sunday I sent our guests into the garden to find eggs for our crepes. We have moved our ten chickens to the back yard to give them some new ground to explore. And a message for our 8 lovely guests from Edinburgh and Cornwall – we found 31 eggs under the chicken coop a…

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