As a child I grew up with two apple trees in our garden. In September my father and I would spend happy hours whacking the branches with a pole and trying to catch the apples before they hit the ground. The apples were bagged and given to friends and neighbours to make bramble and apple [...]

The Three Mile an hour God A homily preached at Carntyne Parish Church on the Tuesday of Holy Week 2018. John 12: 20-36 ‘I tell you the truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed. But if it dies, it produces many seeds.’ V24 I [...]

Soul Food I’ve started to make home-made soup once or twice a week. I enjoy sourcing the recipes, buying the ingredients and ceremoniously placing my large stainless-steel soup pot on the hob. We tend to enjoy simple soups such as courgette, lentil and bacon, cauliflower and potato. Soups which don’t require too many ingredients. I [...]