Who was the fattest man in the Bible?

We arrived back in Scotland, I'm not sure when. Adjusting my internal clock by 6 hours gives me a couple of weeks of disorientation.

However, Milton Acosta's arrival from Colombia brought a sense of normality back. He's the Seminary's Academic Dean and effectively my line manager.

Milton is in the UK as part of John Stott's wider ministry programme to encourage overseas Christians. This focuses mainly on books and leadership. Milton's getting help in writing on humour in the Old Testament. This, he is careful to assure us, is not of the "Who was the fattest man in the Bible?" type.

We haven't the heart to try him with Rab C. nor Rev. I.A.M.Jolly but he's been most impressed with our sheep, St Andrews University library, the Burrell Collection, sandstone walls and unaccompanied Psalmody. He's passed commentless on Tetley tea, wheaten bread and Scots/Irish accents.

Last Friday the Board's Executive agreed to recommend that we be based in Colombia. As visa applications will take some time we're going to take the next 6 months as furlough.

So emails will be more spasmodic for a while. Your prayers have been of inestimable value to us: many thanks.

Milton on a visit to St Andrews

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