On our View from Earth blog, we feature the week of Prayer for Christian Unity with “Sandra’s Diary” and with Andrew Barr, and link it with Reconciliation today and yesterday.
Gail looks at trees, buildings and Holocaust Memorial Day. The news has been dominated by tributes to Tam Dalyell, his long parliamentary career, his partnership with his wife Kathleen and his dedication to the most vulnerable in his West Lothian constituency.
Tributes have come too for the journalist, Nicola Barry, with her fearless contributions to debates in Scottish society. And to Lady Anne Louise Hamilton-Dalrymple for her love of family and dedication to the work of countless charities in the Lothians.
Pupils at Braes High School in Polmont have paid tribute to the Church of Scotland missionary, Jane Haining, who gave her life for Jewish children in the Nazi Holocaust.
The reflection focuses on “Island of Wings” by Karin Altenberg about a minister who went to St Kilda island.
