In Scotland today, few people understand why Christians are people of hope, says our columnist.
In Highland author Merryn Glover’s The Hidden Fires she describes her growing passion for the Cairngorms.
John Dempster reveals why he is excited about his 71st birthday – and acknowledges the mental health challenges he has faced down the years.
The sense of doubt some deny can be countered by moments of revelation, John Dempster finds when speaking to a deep thinker.
'He knows fully what it is to live and love and suffer as a human being.'
Despite the frequent brokenness in church history, the times when all is shaken, there remains hope, says our columnist.
The searching question set John's to thinking.
Listening to Martin Haworth speak, I was awakened once more to the significance of Easter.
Tim Raynes is passionate about helping children and young people in Scotland who are on the margins.
People brought up in fundamentalist settings may find things they recognise in Everyone Else Burns.
The visceral criticisms levelled at Ms Forbes early in the campaign, after she had honestly answered questions about her faith, were disturbing.
When Paul Haringman asked how he was, the barber replied “amazing”. “Tell me more!” Paul responded.
At the end of the daily chapel service one Wednesday in February some of the students had a powerful sense of God’s presence.
‘Dust and Glory’ is the theme our church is focussing on this Lent, the six weeks up to Easter which began a few days ago, writes John Dempster.
Raised in a Christian family, she realised as a young teenager that faith is a personal thing, and said ‘Yes!’ to Jesus
Columnist John Dempster explores the way literature can help us to reflect on our own lives.
I know how liberating it is to have a friend who truly listens as you share things which are troubling you.
Census data suggests a shift in religious views. Columnist John Dempster explores what lessons the data reveals.
She heard the church bells and pondered at a time when her life was at a very low ebb.
I LOVE the words my friend Iain posted on Facebook a year ago beside a photo of the three wise men in his church, writes John Dempster.
