It's yet another grievous blow for the Church of Scotland: its senior media spokesman resigns just weeks before its most crucial General Assembly in generations takes place in May.
It's yet another grievous blow for the Church of Scotland: its senior media spokesman resigns just weeks before its most crucial General Assembly in generations takes place in May.
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HARRY REID COMMENT
Yet I've recently, and reluctantly, come to the conclusion that no amount of clear presentation, forceful communication or even effective spin could help our national Kirk in its current predicament.
For it's only notionally a national church now. It no longer coheres as a national body; it is withering away and it cannot speak to Scotland, let alone speak for Scotland, any more. When it does try to communicate with the Scottish nation, the messages are often contradictory, and frequently unheard.
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Predicament PR will not solve
It's yet another grievous blow for the Church of Scotland: its senior media spokesman resigns just weeks before its most crucial General Assembly in generations takes place in May.
Yet I've recently, and reluctantly, come to the conclusion that no amount of clear presentation, forceful communication or even effective spin could help our national Kirk in its current predicament.
For it's only notionally a national church now. It no longer coheres as a national body; it is withering away and it cannot speak to Scotland, let alone speak for Scotland, any more. When it does try to communicate with the Scottish nation, the messages are often contradictory, and frequently unheard.
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