![]() ![]() Beamed around the world was one word lit in 50 foot high letters on Sydney Harbour Bridge - the word "Eternity". "Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors."Īs the new millennium dawned on New Years Day 2000, one of the first celebrations was in Sydney, Australia. But if we don't forgive, we can't expect to be forgiven. His life in returning to a changed Ireland after the war was not easy.įorgiveness is one of the hardest things in life. He won the Victoria Cross (the highest British military award for bravery) during World War I. James Duffy from Donegal was my distant relation by marriage. People talk a lot now of conserving this "wilderness" area, not realising that it's a very recent creation. ![]() Two hundred years ago it was also the scene of the some of the worst of the infamous Highland Clearances when people were evicted from their homes to make way for large sheep farms. I was born and grew up in the Strath of Kildonan in Sutherland, an area rich in archeological remains stretching back over thousands of years. The Polish poet, Czeslaw Milosz, replied "A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death - the huge solace of thinking that our betrayals, greed, cowardice, murders are not going to be judged". Karl Marx famously called religion the opium of the people. Parting from friends is hard, but it's great we can celebrate their friendship and wish them well. This is a piece of fun in ceilidh band mode, thinking about some of the escapades we have had as a band, and talented musicians who have contributed to our sound over the years. He got it from someone who was like that, but only more so. He was tough and strong, but with a gentle heart. This was inspired by my late friend, Rev Kenny MacDonald, whose daughter Alison was lost in India in 1981. The lyrics are a poem by Myra Brooks Welch.Ĭan the heartache of love lost point us to a greater love? We look on the outward appearance God looks on the heart, the heart he can redeem. Sometimes you know that you have a long journey to make in life before you reach your desired destination. Looking forward to being reunited with family and friends, little did any of them think that the last tragedy of the war would be played out on their home shore. On New Year's Day 1919, hundreds of sailors were returning home to Stornoway after the horrors of the First World War. This is an affectionate reflection on growing up in a remote area of the Highlands, before leaving and finding light in the city. Light has come into the world, and the darkness has not overcome it. When the world is going crazy, things are falling apart and you find the going tough, you just have to keep walking. This is the tragic story of the 51st Highland Division's encirclement and capture at St Valery en Caux in Northern France in June 1940. ![]()
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