The post code lottery came to Bo’ness last weekend. I believe around 1.5 million pounds was distributed among my fellow towns people. Although I don’t do the lottery myself, I do wish everyone who won something well and hope that they can enjoy the windfall.

Someone once said to me  recently, so if you don’t do the lottery will you accept lottery money, and my answer is yes. You see I believe that  the lottery is a bit of a tax on the poor.  Too often it is the poorer people in our communities who buy the tickets.  The truth is  you have a better chance of getting mugged  or even murdered than you have of winning the lottery.  However I have come to the conclusion it is my  Christian duty to make more use of the lottery money in a creative way. I think there is nothing wrong with taking it and recycling it  to do some good in our communities. 

In the past we’ve done a bit of recycling of goods. have a look at this cartoon produced by Guthrie Pollock in memory of the aution we ran out of the church hall in the mid 90s. I guess i’m a bit of a carpetbagger for God.