CANON TOM SHIELDSMar 1, 20192 minHopeSpringtime Spring seems to have come earlier this year with record high temperatures. Of course, we are in Scotland, so we are still...
CANON TOM SHIELDSFeb 25, 20192 minYearning for ProgressPilgrimage When I started this short series of reflections, my mind was very much on the fact that Lent and Easter are later this year,...
CANON TOM SHIELDSFeb 22, 20192 minGodlikeBeauty Balance, is that it? Is beauty just good configuration? Are we, as some suggest, attracted to works of art, or even certain...
CANON TOM SHIELDSFeb 18, 20192 minHow to get therePoint of View A good few years ago, an official from the Home Office was giving some input to prison chaplains about the crime rate. He...
CANON TOM SHIELDSFeb 13, 20192 minGetting back to EdenParadise Lost? When you look around at the scenery around Crieff, it’s hard to think that paradise was ever lost. It doesn’t matter what...
CANON TOM SHIELDSFeb 11, 20192 minLook Again!Sermons I’m not in the habit of inflicting my homilies on a wider audience than my congregations. At least they have the chance of...
CANON TOM SHIELDSFeb 8, 20192 minMore than a feeling…Songs and smells For me, it’s the smell of mince. Every time I walk into a house that has mince on the go, I am transported back to...
CANON TOM SHIELDSFeb 6, 20192 minAre we there yet? Or have we already arrived and just didn’t notice?Waiting Most of us find the business of waiting trying. We British used to be famous for our queues, but these days we have probably...