by Rev Erik Cramb (Author)
This is a warm and funny memoir of family and faith set in working-class Glasgow from the 1950’s to the 1970’s, the politically charged Jamaica in the 1980’s and the culturally resurgent Dundee of recent years.
This is the story of a football fanatic who never played football but became the official Chaplain to the Tartan Army. The story of a polio victim with limited mobility who became a first class table-tennis player. The story of a divinity student whose real learning was to be in the university of the struggles in the homes, the streets and workplaces of Scotland. The story of a dyed-in-the-wool Glaswegian who found love in Canada and new perspective in Jamaica. The story of a minister who marched and protested alongside workers in Glasgow and Dundee. The story of the senior churchman who has come to challenge ‘the fundamentals of the faith’ but looks for fresh interpretation of the insights of the Bible.
Running through it all is the constant, faithful companionship of a loving wife and family and the support and encouragement of the friends encountered and treasured along the road.