‘Stepping up to the challenge’
Greetings, Today is the first day of the new Step Count Challenge, in which teams of people all across Scotland (including a number from the University) are counting their steps as an aid to better health in body and…
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‘Happy St George’s Day’
Happy St George’s Day! To people from England, Ethiopia, Georgia and Catalonia amongst other places, St George is your patron saint, and venerated, at least in England, on 23 April. This saint, it is believed, was…
Services of remembrance
Good morning, I write on the morning following the announcement of the death of His Royal Highness Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh. The Principal wrote to our community yesterday indicating that we will be…
Holy Saturday – 3 April
Greetings, It’s Holy Saturday, a day between Good Friday and Easter Day, when the body of Jesus lay in the tomb. It was the sabbath, and nothing was done for him that day. It is a profound thought for Christians,…
Easter updates
Good morning, We are entering a time of great significance for the monotheistic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The Jewish festival of Passover begins this evening, with the first seder, a festive meal which…
‘Gifts of nourishment and healing’
Good morning, One further contribution from the Chaplaincy team in the week in which we’ve remembered the coming of the first lockdown a year ago. This is from Barbara Davey, honorary Quaker Chaplain, which she wrote…
‘A promise of good times to come’
Greetings, A further contribution from the honorary chaplaincy team today in this time of the first anniversary of lockdown. This is from Revd Alan McGougan, honorary United Reformed Church Chaplain: This photo is…
‘National Day of Reflection’
Good morning, This is the first anniversary of what has become known as the first national lockdown across the United Kingdom. On Monday 23 March last year, there were addresses by the First Minister of Scotland…
‘The power of the snowdrop’
Good morning, Here is a contribution to our reflections on the first year of the coronavirus pandemic restrictions in the UK from Barbara Davey, honorary Quaker Chaplain. In a recent Companionship from Donald, we…
‘Raisin memories’
Good morning, Today was to have been the rearranged Raisin Sunday, postponed from October. But this has now been cancelled and there are to be no Raisin celebrations today or tomorrow, no gathering of academic…