Blog Descriptor View from Earth 26th October, 2014
•On our View from Earth style blog this week we have the religious news headlines of the week all the way from the Vatican Synod to the Church of Scotland on food banks in Scotland and the Free Church on new powers for the Scottish parliament.
• “Sandra’s Diary” reflects on the moving first War Memorial at Windsor Castle.
•We review “Tour of Bones” with the author coming to terms with her own death on the journeys her research demanded.
• Andrew Barr finds a lesson for the church in the television programmes “The Apprentice” and “Educating the East End”.
•Professor Emeritus Michael Lynch gives the background to the churches today bringing pressure on the new powers for the Scottish parliament by reflecting on kirk and parliament in the sixteenth century.
•Gail rejoices in a newspaper edition packed with good news.
•The reflection looks a near-death experiences and preparing loved ones for our deaths.
