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Life and Work - March issue

Down on the farm Life and Work this month profiles the work of Care Farming - the use of commercial farms and agricultural landscapes as a base for promoting mental and physical health through normal farming activity - and examines the potential for the Church of Scotland, which could benefit others by utilising glebe land for a project.

Convener of the Church's Rural Strategy Team, the Rev Bryan Kerr explains: "Glebe land is land that has been bequeathed to the church and the minister so that he could work it. For many rural churches that land is not being used, or if it is, usually a farmer is grazing it for a nominal rent.

"What we'd like to see is this land being used to benefit the church community and Care Farming is one way we might be able to do that."

Jackie Macadam also focuses on the work of one farm which has blazed the way in Care Farming in Scotland - Ballicherry Farm, near Cromarty on the Black Isle, where a programme is operated by Caroline and Brian Matheson.

Too harshly judged?

In the latest part of a series focussing on biblical characters who have received a 'bad press', the Rev James Martin argues that judgement is passed too easily on Judas Iscariot - the disciple whose betrayal of Jesus led to his crucifixion on the cross.

He writes: "For myself, I reckon there is a lot to be said for the theory that Judas's betrayal was in fact an attempt to force the hand of Jesus. Still very much on Jesus' side and wholly supportive of his mission, Judas wanted to hurry things along. Feeling that Jesus was unwarrantably slow in bringing in the new kingdom of God that he was promising, Judas decided on taking a drastic step to compel Him to hurry the matter up."

Read more about the current issue of Life and Work here.

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Tuesday 16, February 2010

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