Broad and Narrow

Benny Said … Listening to the news always depresses me. Jesus! I mean all those wars and stuff. And of course, you get all the refugees pouring out and coming here. I mean, they come over here and get everything that’s going and we’ve got to pay for it. No wonder the council tax is …

As Wise as Blood

Matthew: Yeah, religion ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.Hazel: No, it sure ain’t.Matthew: You fixing to take some time off from all that atheist preaching? I mean, it must get exhausting. What about a vacation or something?Hazel: A man don’t get tired when he’s doing something he knows is important.Matthew: Well, have you been …

Shy Girl’s Gospel

The girl was thumping our piano –for we had no bible handy. And no witch’s hatcould possibly have kepther hair from flying round herface, this broad who seemed to thinkshe had a steeple for a megaphone thatGod Himself was bawling lightningdown into our little lounge,as there we waited – she seemed to believe –for departure …

Garnethill Synagogue

Glasgow’s growing Jewish population in the 1870s meant that a larger synagogue was badly needed, and so Scotland’s first purpose-built synagogue was constructed at Garnethill in the City Centre between 1879 an 1881. You can read more about it here. The Scots language/the Scots leid:Glesca’s growin Jewish population meant a muckler seenagogue was sair nott, …

Glasgow Gurdwara Guru Granth Sahib

Seeking Converts