Kathy Galloway reflects on God, humans and our fellow species

The instinct to worship in response to the beauty and mystery of the universe is as old as the human story itself. The passionate outpourings of psalmists and poets are collectively a great song of praise. It echoes down the centuries and still resonates today in the hearts of everyone who has ever looked over mountain ranges folded into blue mist, or at innumerable stars over the desert, or out across a sparkling sea and wondered…

Kathy Galloway is a Minister in the Church of Scotland and former head of Christian Aid Scotland. This article is an edited version of her talk ‘The Dialogue of Life’, delivered at the Free to Believe conference at The Hayes, Swanwick, in September. The theme of the conference was ‘Coming to our Senses’. All of the talks from the conference are on the URC’s YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/URCUK

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This is an extract from an article published in the November 2024 edition of Reform

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