Rachel

Please pray for my friend Rachel. She is in hospital and may need an operation very soon for a serious condition. Without breaching confidentiality she has 2 kids a great husband and faces an uphill battle. Please also pray for her parents and her husbands parents. We would ask that all would be upheld in prayer and surrounded by a love and protection and reality that only God can offer.

Talking Talking Talking

Yep - never would have thought it but even I get tired of talking. I spent 2 hours tonight speaking at the Royal College of Physicians on Diabetes and Endocrinology so am bushed! Was up to 2last night finishing the talk and drawing some graphs for some research. Then came home to our church home group meeting which was ample opportunity for more talking.

On a different note Kristen Hersh did a live session on 6 Music today - here- which is great!

And now..a glass of this and bed!

Church required

Just a wee note to say that if anyone is looking for a church in Glasgow then may I warmly invite you all to St Silas - its essentially a church that cannot really be pinned down. A 'gathered' local congregation largely from the West End. The vicar David blogs here! It has a wide age range, lively music and good teaching with many housegroups that meet furing the week. There is also a large childrens work which puts Mrs Doubtfire-esque Sunday School Teaching to shame. I'm not going to mention the conservative evangelical thing but I have and would rather mention Glasgow City Mission and my Handsome friend Ewan, above right(see here!).

Kristen Hersh

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A real treat for those unaware of the great work of this singer song writer. If you live in London Kristen Hersh is playing there later on this month both songs from her Throwing Muses and solo records. She indeed is a blogger herself and is a family orientated fairly 'black singer' with some amazing records. I would start with Hips and Makers, The Real Ramona, University and Sunny Border Blue.

...I had always wanted a girlfriend with lots of piercings.......sorry Sooz. 

Team Member number 4. 

Hannah Strumming in the guitar......pass me the beers! 

And then there was Laura......

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Youngest Team member Aaron! 

Even the Drummonds blog these days.....

Ah yes - Following on from David McCarthy - I have procrastinated for so long that my plans to set up a web site merely for communication purposes has been overtaken by technology such that there is no need for too much HTML and low and behold I am able to simply blog. Phenomenal.

There seems to be so much happening on a daily basis at the moment. Much of it from this wee 2m x 75cm room that I have been entrenched in writing this PhD. Our house plans are full steam ahead ........its taken a long time but its certainly keeping Suzie happy looking at books with taps and sinks and tiles. Hannah is excited as Auntie Claire is coming down tonight for a course! Aaron is eating like a horse and Laura is through next weekend.

.......I'm off to type.....