“Sandra’s Diary” and Andrew Barr both start with the re-burial of Richard lll and illustrate aspects of Easter.
We go back to a programme in 1990 presented by Maureen Howley with Laurence Twaddle speaking of the foolishness of Christ in the eyes of the world, Judith O’Neill telling one of her famous Easter stories for the children about a little boy and a little dog, and Richard Holloway reflecting on the Resurrection lessons of the liberation of Eastern Europe.
Gail reflects on the elements of surprise and expectation in the Easter story.
In the news we have the moderator paying tribute to the kirk elder James Clerk Maxwell and kirk committees speaking out for the young and disadvantaged and other moral issues. Pope Francis meets the brother of the Scot killed by ISIS and welcomes the homeless to the Sistine Chapel. We hear tributes to Bishop Michael Hare Duke of the Scottish Episcopal church.
