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  1. Contrary to what the national broadcaster would make you believe, The Church of Scotland has not only apologised: it also has set up a Masters scholarship at Edinburgh: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlp9e

    In England reparative justice is being resisted by a well-connected political lobby: alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-argu

    #clergy #religion #ChurchOfScotland #ChurchOfEngland #slavery #chattelSlavery #deportation #UK #England #Scotland #history

  2. Contrary to what the national broadcaster would make you believe, The Church of Scotland has not only apologised: it also has set up a Masters scholarship at Edinburgh: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlp9e

    In England reparative justice is being resisted by a well-connected political lobby: alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-argu

    #clergy #religion #ChurchOfScotland #ChurchOfEngland #slavery #chattelSlavery #deportation #UK #England #Scotland #history

  3. Contrary to what the national broadcaster would make you believe, The Church of Scotland has not only apologised: it also has set up a Masters scholarship at Edinburgh: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlp9e

    In England reparative justice is being resisted by a well-connected political lobby: alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-argu

    #clergy #religion #ChurchOfScotland #ChurchOfEngland #slavery #chattelSlavery #deportation #UK #England #Scotland #history

  4. Contrary to what the national broadcaster would make you believe, The Church of Scotland has not only apologised: it also has set up a Masters scholarship at Edinburgh: bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cqlp9e

    In England reparative justice is being resisted by a well-connected political lobby: alanlester.co.uk/blog/the-argu

  5. William Cunningham, co-founder of the Free Church of Scotland, pointed out that while society may imprison or even execute criminals, that hardly justifies slavery. Equating punishment with lifelong bondage is not argument but tidying up a moral mess. The awkward question, then: when we see injustice today, do we merely explain it—or actually help someone escape it?

    #christian #churchofscotland #antislavery #theologymatters

  6. Islay Burns, minister and professor in the Church of Scotland, spoke of prayer with reverent boldness. Prayer, he said, cleanses the soul, restrains the proud, sustains the poor, steadies the persecuted, controls the rich and quells the storm. Such claims offend modern cynicism and partisan instinct alike. Yet prayer is no slogan; it is communion with the living God. Do you truly pray?

    #prayer #rooted #churchofscotland

  7. Islay Burns, minister and professor in the Church of Scotland, spoke of prayer with reverent boldness. Prayer, he said, cleanses the soul, restrains the proud, sustains the poor, steadies the persecuted, controls the rich and quells the storm. Such claims offend modern cynicism and partisan instinct alike. Yet prayer is no slogan; it is communion with the living God. Do you truly pray?

    #prayer #rooted #churchofscotland

  8. Islay Burns, minister and professor in the Church of Scotland, spoke of prayer with reverent boldness. Prayer, he said, cleanses the soul, restrains the proud, sustains the poor, steadies the persecuted, controls the rich and quells the storm. Such claims offend modern cynicism and partisan instinct alike. Yet prayer is no slogan; it is communion with the living God. Do you truly pray?

    #prayer #rooted #churchofscotland

  9. Islay Burns, minister and professor in the Church of Scotland, spoke of prayer with reverent boldness. Prayer, he said, cleanses the soul, restrains the proud, sustains the poor, steadies the persecuted, controls the rich and quells the storm. Such claims offend modern cynicism and partisan instinct alike. Yet prayer is no slogan; it is communion with the living God. Do you truly pray?

    #prayer #rooted #churchofscotland

  10. Islay Burns, minister and professor in the Church of Scotland, spoke of prayer with reverent boldness. Prayer, he said, cleanses the soul, restrains the proud, sustains the poor, steadies the persecuted, controls the rich and quells the storm. Such claims offend modern cynicism and partisan instinct alike. Yet prayer is no slogan; it is communion with the living God. Do you truly pray?

    #prayer #rooted #churchofscotland

  11. Norman Macleod, speaking with the weight of a church moderator, cites a witness who spent eleven years inside American slavery and found it sinful every time—an unhealed wound, cursing both enslaved and enslaver.

    Today we bristle less at the injustice than at its exposure. So ask yourself: who bears the hidden cost of the services that carry you along?

    #christian #reformedtheology #churchofscotland #fightfor15

  12. Norman Macleod, speaking with the weight of a church moderator, cites a witness who spent eleven years inside American slavery and found it sinful every time—an unhealed wound, cursing both enslaved and enslaver.

    Today we bristle less at the injustice than at its exposure. So ask yourself: who bears the hidden cost of the services that carry you along?

    #christian #reformedtheology #churchofscotland #fightfor15

  13. Norman Macleod, speaking with the weight of a church moderator, cites a witness who spent eleven years inside American slavery and found it sinful every time—an unhealed wound, cursing both enslaved and enslaver.

    Today we bristle less at the injustice than at its exposure. So ask yourself: who bears the hidden cost of the services that carry you along?

    #christian #reformedtheology #churchofscotland #fightfor15

  14. Norman Macleod, speaking with the weight of a church moderator, cites a witness who spent eleven years inside American slavery and found it sinful every time—an unhealed wound, cursing both enslaved and enslaver.

    Today we bristle less at the injustice than at its exposure. So ask yourself: who bears the hidden cost of the services that carry you along?

    #christian #reformedtheology #churchofscotland #fightfor15

  15. Norman Macleod, speaking with the weight of a church moderator, cites a witness who spent eleven years inside American slavery and found it sinful every time—an unhealed wound, cursing both enslaved and enslaver.

    Today we bristle less at the injustice than at its exposure. So ask yourself: who bears the hidden cost of the services that carry you along?

    #christian #reformedtheology #churchofscotland #fightfor15

  16. Ridiculously excited to get the latest Hawick Archaeological Society Transactions and find an illustrated article on the history of Wilton manses. My second Hawick childhood home is the latest Wilton manse - sold by us to them in 1991. My first Hawick childhood home was near an earlier Wilton manse. #Hawick #Scotland #ScottishBorders #ChurchOfScotland

  17. The story of a King and Queen memorialised in one of #Scotland's most historic churches, three academic sleuths and a stunning collaboration of #science, #history and visual analysis #Dunfermline #Stainedglass #art #DunfermlineAbbey #ChurchOfScotland www.churchofscotland.org.uk/news-and-eve...

  18. Folks, I’ve decided to take a break from #BlueSky for #Lent, as I did on Twitter. I will continue to post my #LectionaryPrayers, and news from my denomination, the #ChurchOfScotland. I’ll stop tonight and see you all again on Easter Day. Many thanks to my many followers here. Blessings on you all!

  19. Shameless plug... A webinar on why Bounties belong in a box of Celebrations and how that relates to the variety of human spiritual experience.

    𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗘𝘆𝗲𝘀: 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘀

    Wed 30th Nov, 7.30pm - sign up to attend or to receive the recording at eventbrite.co.uk/e/renew-2-chu

    #Church #ChurchOfScotland #Spirituality #intergenerational #PracticalTheology

  20. Crikey. Just spotted that the Edinburgh General Session church records include an Edinburgh weather report for 1815-1820. Very detailed! National Records of Scotland volume CH2/131/2. Free to view online at ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk. #Edinburgh #Scotland #19thCentury #NineteenthCentury #Archive #Archives #HistoricalResearch #Weather #ScottishWeather #BritishWeather #Meteorology #ChurchRecords #Kirk #ChurchOfScotland #NRS #NationalRecordsOfScotland #History #ScottishHistory

  21. Just browsing the mid 18th century #Melrose parish #kirkSession minutes online (#Roxburghshire, #Scotland). And when I got to a sentence in 1747 of #excommunication for #incest I have to say I expected a closer relationship than "She being his Grand Uncle's Wife"! #ScottishBorders #Genealogy #FamilyHistory #Morality #Immorality #18thCentury #EighteenthCentury #ChurchOfScotland

  22. Shameless plug... A webinar on why Bounties belong in a box of Celebrations and how that relates to the variety of human spiritual experience.

    𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗘𝘆𝗲𝘀: 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘀

    Wed 30th Nov, 7.30pm - sign up to attend or to receive the recording at eventbrite.co.uk/e/renew-2-chu

    #Church #ChurchOfScotland #Spirituality #intergenerational #PracticalTheology

  23. Shameless plug... A webinar on why Bounties belong in a box of Celebrations and how that relates to the variety of human spiritual experience.

    𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗘𝘆𝗲𝘀: 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘀

    Wed 30th Nov, 7.30pm - sign up to attend or to receive the recording at eventbrite.co.uk/e/renew-2-chu

    #Church #ChurchOfScotland #Spirituality #intergenerational #PracticalTheology

  24. Shameless plug... A webinar on why Bounties belong in a box of Celebrations and how that relates to the variety of human spiritual experience.

    𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗱, 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁, 𝗛𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀, 𝗘𝘆𝗲𝘀: 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘀

    Wed 30th Nov, 7.30pm - sign up to attend or to receive the recording at eventbrite.co.uk/e/renew-2-chu

    #Church #ChurchOfScotland #Spirituality #intergenerational #PracticalTheology

  25. Hello Mastodon! #Church based consultant and writer. My interests are in #PracticalTheology, particularly in #intergenerational ministry, #hospitality and Christian #stewardship. #Scotland based (speik an scrieve #Scots leid) but follow #SouthAfrica history and politics keenly. Avid #curling fan. Keen to hear from you on any of these, and to be introduced to new interesting topics.

    #introduction #ChurchofScotland #theology #Bonhoeffer #generosity #hospitality #politics

  26. Continuing my browse through Cupar Presbytery records, trying to distract myself from the quite horrific crime recorded in 1745. Pleased to be finding Jacobite references in 1716. Reports of local Fife Jacobites. As well as women scandalously dancing late at night with the "highland men" / "Rebels". #Jacobites #Scotland #Fife #ScottishHistory #History #18thCentury #EighteenthCentury #ChurchOfScotland #ChurchCourts #Crime

  27. Well, that's my prep for #ChristmasEve and #ChristmasDay finished. #Cambuslang Parish #Church Christmas Eve has an #AllAge service at 6.30pm. I'll be preaching at our 11.30pm #Watchnight service, and then leading our 10.30am #ChristmasDay All Age service. So, if you like #carols, and you're in the area, come and join us. Both the Watchnight and Christmas Day services will be livestreamed on Facebook
    facebook.com/CambuslangParishC
    #worship #ChurchLife #ChurchofScotland #Christianity

  28. Peter Nimmo
    @Peternimmo
    #Church of #Scotland minister at Cambuslang. Has lived in 3 countries. Married an immigrant. Likes science, but can't do the maths. Graduate of #Glasgow University and #Princeton Theological Seminary- #Fulbright alumnus. Registered same-sex marriage celebrant. Occasional reposts or links in #German.
    #theology #Christianity #liturgy #sermons #politics #preaching #religion #ChurchOfScotland #Presbyterian #fedi22 #faith #SSM
    #boost #followfriday #follow #altext

  29. Time for genealogical research. First to check the Leeds Catholic registers of baptisms, for my granddad and his siblings (baptised Catholic due to their Irish Mum). Then Scotland, and Melrose, to browse the 19th century communion rolls, and figure out when my maternal ancestors moved into the town. #FamilyHistory #Genealogy #Leeds #Melrose #WestYorkshire #Roxburghshire #ScottishBorders #historicalResearch #Catholic #ChurchOfScotland #Kirk #BaptismRegisters #CommunionRolls #Ireland #Migration

  30. CW: sexual assault, 18thC Scottish church court records

    Cupar Presbytery minutes July 16th 1745 "a scandal of a very gross nature had broke out in the parish of Colessie[sic]". Having followed further I'm seriously shocked! This should not have just been a matter for the church authorities. The accused fled the country. I'm not sure they ever caught him. Beware if you look this up it is disturbing stuff. #ChurchOfScotland #Kirk #Fife #Collessie #Cupar #Crime #SexualAssault #Scotland #ScottishHistory

  31. Urgh; just heard that the #ChurchOfScotland church that my mum goes to is probably going independent because "... the latest announcements from Edinburgh have finally tipped the balance ...". I suspect that means that the CoS isn't hating hard enough on #lgbtq folks for them, so aligning with the Free Kirk is what they want.

    And I am sad now.

  32. Simon Jenkins on the need to make church buildings into community buildings as church attendance declines. Although not an easy task since as he highlights here 75% of #ChurchOfEngland buildings are listed, an issue the #ChurchOfScotland is grappling with in the current review of their estate.

    theguardian.com/commentisfree/

  33. Crikey. Just spotted that the Edinburgh General Session church records include an Edinburgh weather report for 1815-1820. Very detailed! National Records of Scotland volume CH2/131/2. Free to view online at ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk. #Edinburgh #Scotland #19thCentury #NineteenthCentury #Archive #Archives #HistoricalResearch #Weather #ScottishWeather #BritishWeather #Meteorology #ChurchRecords #Kirk #ChurchOfScotland #NRS #NationalRecordsOfScotland #History #ScottishHistory

  34. Crikey. Just spotted that the Edinburgh General Session church records include an Edinburgh weather report for 1815-1820. Very detailed! National Records of Scotland volume CH2/131/2. Free to view online at ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk. #Edinburgh #Scotland #19thCentury #NineteenthCentury #Archive #Archives #HistoricalResearch #Weather #ScottishWeather #BritishWeather #Meteorology #ChurchRecords #Kirk #ChurchOfScotland #NRS #NationalRecordsOfScotland #History #ScottishHistory

  35. Crikey. Just spotted that the Edinburgh General Session church records include an Edinburgh weather report for 1815-1820. Very detailed! National Records of Scotland volume CH2/131/2. Free to view online at ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk. #Edinburgh #Scotland #19thCentury #NineteenthCentury #Archive #Archives #HistoricalResearch #Weather #ScottishWeather #BritishWeather #Meteorology #ChurchRecords #Kirk #ChurchOfScotland #NRS #NationalRecordsOfScotland #History #ScottishHistory

  36. Crikey. Just spotted that the Edinburgh General Session church records include an Edinburgh weather report for 1815-1820. Very detailed! National Records of Scotland volume CH2/131/2. Free to view online at ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk. #Edinburgh #Scotland #19thCentury #NineteenthCentury #Archive #Archives #HistoricalResearch #Weather #ScottishWeather #BritishWeather #Meteorology #ChurchRecords #Kirk #ChurchOfScotland #NRS #NationalRecordsOfScotland #History #ScottishHistory