It's that time when every four years everyone in Scotland becomes an expert in curling! 🥌☃️#winterolympics

Just finished my reading for week 1 of this course. Looking forward to it. Hopefully, I've worked out correctly the time difference between Central Time (USA) and time here in Glasgow! #reading #learning

Happy Christmas everyone. Christ, he who is God of God, light of light, very God, begotten, not created, became what we are that we might become what he is, Hallelujah. #Christmas

#clergymaltclub rejoice that Christ became as we are that we might become as he is.

I spotted this plaque on a wall near the High Street end of Duke Street yesterday. It seems the East End of Glasgow is fighting back against claims by those in the west that Argyle Street is the longest street in Scotland! #glasgow #longeststreet #plaque #keepglasgowweird #dukestreet #argylestreet

Huckabee says GHF has served 100 million meals in 2 months. Do the maths, that is less than one meal per day per person for the population of Gaza. #Gaza

Stain glass reflections on a floor.

Big thanks to @chrisgpackham.bsky.social for inside our dyslexic minds. I was not diagnosed until I was in my 40's and doing a PhD. Every person is unique but there was much I could identify with in the program. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

Today is the Feast Day of St. Julian of Norwich. Her Revelations of Divine Love are the oldest known English-language writings by a woman! “All shall be well, and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well.” buff.ly/vSyQo4L

Here's a question. Why, in almost all reports on Blair's statement, have his fossil fuel interests not been mentioned?

I'm preaching on Christian Nationalism in May (UK context). Anyone read anything helpful / insightful? @elizabetholdfield.bsky.social @fitchest.bsky.social @jasonporterfield.bsky.social @scotmcknight.bsky.social @brianzahnd.bsky.social @drleahpayne.bsky.social

Government’s own impact assessment of its £5 billion cuts to benefits: an extra quarter of a million people including 50,000 children will be in relative poverty by 2029/30

@andyburke1.bsky.social Dave Cherry has exceeded my expectations this 6N, but Ashman has been disappointing. Do Scotland/Glasgow or Edinburgh have a dedicated throwing coach/consultant, someone doing a similar role to Mossy with the kickers? 1/2

Birthday present book. #books #reading #alwayslearning

Mary Barbour at 10 Hutton Dr in 1915 during the Glasgow rent strikes. The strikes, led by Mary, were a protest at rent hikes by greedy landlords keen to exploit overcrowding. They were successful and in Nov 1915 legislation limited rents to pre-war levels #InternationalWomensDay

Enjoying a day at Regent’s Park, Oxford, thinking about what we can learn from the Anabaptists for our current moment.

@andyburke1.bsky.social Scottish rugby always seem to be on the wrong side of 50/50 ref calls. Why? It is a pattern. If past TMO actions are anything to go by if Freeman had been wearing the dark blue of Scotland the grounding for the try which was awarded would have been looked at 100 times!

My son is doing his final year university dissertation on electronic waste. As part of his research he's looking for people to complete a short questionnaire. It would be brilliant if you were able to complete the questionnaire and also share with your network. Thanks docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

"the crucial issue of leadership in democratic societies may not be how much power they exercise but how well their presence is able to preserve that society's integrity" - Edwin H Friedman Seems an particularly apt thought for this moment in time.

Gig night

"Of all bad men religious bad men are the worst" C. S. Lewis.

Nice to get out of the city and breathe deeply some fresh lochside air.

So now we know exactly what Trump’s Middle East policy is: ethnically cleanse Gaza, make loads more money and fulfil Israel’s dreams. He says ‘everyone I’ve spoken to thinks it’s a great idea’. He’s speaking to all the wrong people and he doesn’t listen. Needs a coalition of opposition. Who’s in?

Good morning #Glasgow

Hi, @fitchest.bsky.social I can see Presence Based Witness: Six Steps to Power-full Witness in Christ's Kingdom as being released on Kindle, but will there be a print based version of this?

What hate is in my heart that I need removed and to seek forgiveness for?

@trevonoahtoday.bsky.social really enjoyed your conversation with Putnam. So much of this is transferable to the UK. www.youtube.com/watch?v=23Sw...

Climate science never said "we only have 12 years until we fall off a cliff" - but sadly, many thought it did; and even more sadly, that misleading message fed right into the script for Trump's WEF remarks today. Here's what the science has always said:

Today I learned that someone owns the Clyde! Surely a natural resource like the Clyde should be part of "the commons"; a resource sensitively managed for the common good, which includes the good of the environment? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

@alastairmci.bsky.social have you seen this? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Some wisdom, which applies not just to Americans, from @esaumccaulley.bsky.social

Currently thinking about The Beatitudes (Matthew 5) and this quote from Friedrich W. Nietzsche — ‘Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster... for when you gaze long into the abyss. ... The abyss gazes also into you.”

@andyburke1.bsky.social in relays it looks like Cunningham South drops the ball for Quins

Frosty #Glasgow

@andyburke1.bsky.social a lot of Glasgow fans are a bit worried about pitch at Scotstoun given the weather forecast for Friday night. Are you hearing anything from GW about this? #frozen

@stephenrunning.bsky.social you seen this? worldrugby.app.box.com/v/2025GLTsdeck

I love it when #Glasgow is framed by blue sky and a dusting of snow on the Campsie fells. But can’t help thinking about those sleeping rough & those who cannot afford to put their heating on.

I've enjoyed seeing posts where people have listed books they have read this year. Here's what I read in 2024. #books, #reading

Happy New Year.

Sad to hear that Jimmy Carter has died. Sunday School teacher, builder of homes for the poor, and yes President of the USA. He stuck me as a man who lived out Micha 6:8.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3m3... An absolute treat for the ears.

@peternimmo.bsky.social here's an answer to your question about the foot bridges over the M8 www.traffic.gov.scot/travel-news/...

Book I’d been meaning to read for a while but finally got around to, was When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty Without Hurting the Poor and Yourself by Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert.