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Life and Work is the magazine of the Church of Scotland

This site offers our readers and followers an enhanced and up-to-date experience of the editorially independent magazine of the Church of Scotland (read more about the Church's work here) with news, views and features.

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Looking Back

A regular dip into the archives.

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March Prayer

Most Holy God,
Into the light and into the dark,
You come.

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Prayer for Peace in Ukraine

A prayer from the German Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ukraine, on the third anniversary of the war.

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