Our Approach

We believe that the journey of faith often takes us to places of uncertainty and therefore to ever-increasing humility. Increasingly, we appreciate ambiguity over certitude as fertile ground for real and lasting faith. We are equally sceptical of easy or superficial answers to the complex questions of life.

We value honesty, integrity and reason as we make our way together in the journey in faith, and we are inspired by other faith traditions which expand our own understanding. We are committed to being a progressive and inclusive Christian community.

At St. Columba’s by the Castle, we are influenced by the ancient and the new:

In our worship

In our instinct for justice and peace and God’s welcome to all

In our active intellectual curiosity that seeks connection between mind and spirit.

In our striving to serve the forgotten, the outcast, the lonely, the hurting

In an ancient faith, shared afresh for every generation