Back in 1975, as a naïve young woman, I started my university course. My family were conservative with a Roman Catholic background, albeit they did not attend Mass. We lived in a very white, West of Scotland coastal town. University was therefore something of a culture shock to me, but a good one. My eyes… Read More
The Pastoral Is Political: playground politics
In this Advent season of waiting, preparation and anticipation, the world has waited in eager anticipation for a cure, or at least a vaccine for Covid-19. It has taken global efforts and the co-operation of scientists to produce a vaccine. In the last week, people in the UK have received the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. This should… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: We Can Protest
Sometimes it’s hard to love our neighbours. In June 2016, forty-one year old Jo Cox was shot and brutally stabbed to death in broad daylight by a white supremacist. Why? Jo was a fervent supporter of the UK remaining in the European Union. She had only been elected as a UK Member of Parliament elected… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: The Cost of Environmental Disaster
The sky was blue with fluffy white clouds on this mild October day in Central Scotland. It was the calm after Storm Callum, which is still causing havoc in other parts of Scotland and the rest of the UK. Floods and landslides have caused death and destruction. Lives and livelihoods lie in ruin. The reported… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: Love or Betrayal?
On a daily basis, we’re invited to be voyeurs into the misery of the lives of others, seeing the tragedy and horror of the helpless, the homeless and the hopeless. Then, we move on to the next headline. In the UK, the listing order of the tragedy depends on its nature and where in the… Read More
The Pastoral is Political: It’s not “me first.”
It’s not ‘me first’. My blood pressure has been rising each day as I watch the BBC news. Living in the UK, it would be easy to think that nothing of any consequence is happening in our world, except Brexit the UK exit from the European Union. It would be easy, too, to think that… Read More
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