Found the Co-op in Beith this morning…nice size, not as tiny as most. Just like sixteen years ago, it’s great that co-op and similar shops keep going in small communities (Beith is not that small, hence the bigger co-op).
Janet’s back on an old railway, and here’s a passenger ramp at Kilbarchan Station repurposed as an access point to the cycle track…
Churches, like shops, find it harder to survive in small communities. Unlike shops, sometimes they find find it hard to survive full stop. The bad effects of this hollowing out of small communities include the exclusion of people without car access, and increased use of cars etc.
As Jesus knew the villages of Galilee and the city of Jerusalem, so we too recall and pray for places large and small…