Dear Friends,Technology! I know that modern technology has many positive uses, and I certainly couldn’t manage without the technological advances in communication that have taken place in the last few decades. But it does have its drawbacks too...
Read More11 January 2026: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Earlier today, whilst speaking with a friend, we fell to talking about a mutual friend, now deceased. The lady was a remarkable woman who was completely blind and yet knew Dundee so well that when I took her anywhere in the car and...
Read More14 December 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Today is the last time we shall see most of our Choral Scholars in Holy Trinity until after the Christmas break, although I know at least one will be with us next week. The Choral Scholars usually like to have fun singing Christmas...
Read MoreSunday 7 December 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,As I was walking around the supermarket the other day, I was approached by two extremely charming young people who engaged me in conversation. It turned out that they were working as fundraisers for a charity, and one was training...
Read More23 November 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Henry Ford was once having lunch with a man who suddenly asked him, ‘Who is your best friend?’ Then he started naming certain people. ‘No’ said Mr Ford. ‘I will tell you who your best friend is. He took out a pencil and wrote on the...
Read More9 November 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Minister’s Letter: 9 November 2025 Dear friends,I was just eleven years old when my parents took me to visit St Michael’s Cathedral in Coventry. My mother had been there just the night before the Coventry Blitz and our visit was to see the new...
Read More2 November 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,During the past few days, it is quite remarkable how many people have commented on the fact that they cannot believe that it is November already. Where has the year gone? We all seem to live at such a frenetic pace these days, that...
Read MoreSunday 26 October 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Hanging over the fireplace in the Manse where I was brought up was a series of pictures of the life and work of the great Scots missionary and explorer David Livingstone. When we moved house, the pictures came with us, and again hung...
Read More19 October 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,How times have changed! As I was driving home the other evening, the Sat. Nav. in the car was giving me instructions. I had not programmed it to do so, it just knew that I was going home and so, it gave me instructions on how to get...
Read More12 October 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,Last night I came home after a long day and put my rucksack down on the floor before taking Zoomy for a walk. After the walk I forgot about the rucksack which was securely zipped up and went to make myself myself a cup of tea which I...
Read More5 October 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,I wonder if you, like me, find yourself constantly doing mental arithmetic as you walk around the supermarket? Back in the days when I had to watch every penny, I got into the habit of totting up the bill in my head before reaching...
Read More28 September 2025: Letter from the Locum Minister, Rev Marion Paton
Dear Friends,When I was very young and my cousin was seven years older, I well remember her saying that she hoped that when she grew up, she would not have a conscience! At the time I did not know what she was talking about. But as I grew older...
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