About me

Me

My name is Ian Watson and I am a Church of Scotland minister, although I was raised Pentecostal (my father was a pastor in Clydebank).  My parish is Kirkmuirhill, which is ten minutes south of Hamilton, and sixty miles from the border with England.  I am married to Kim and we have two children.  I’m a very simple man.  I live to preach; I love to preach.  I am minister of a wonderful congregation who allow me to proclaim the gospel to my heart’s content twice every Sunday.  If you want to pigeon hole me theologically (I don’t mind) I am Reformed, orthodox, evangelical.  I’m a great fan of the Puritans, but not uncritically so.  My favourite Bible commentators are Calvin, Carson, Morris.

I am a member of the Forward Together steering group.  Forward Together is an organisation for evangelicals in the Church of Scotland. 

Before being called to the ministry I was a solicitor.  I have served on the Church’s Legal Questions Committee and presently I am depute clerk of Lanark Presbytery.  I was also a chaplain at Polmont Young Offenders’ Prison for a short while. 

With two fast growing children I don’t have much leisure time.  As a family we like going for walks or swimming or playing very long-lasting board games. 

The primary purpose of this blog is to share with my congregation some of the gems that come my way as I prepare for Sunday services – not all of which can be put into the sermon.  It may also be a way of communicating what’s happening at Kirkmuirhill with the rest of the world.  In recent times the blog has given me an opportunity to comment on wider events. 

You can contact me at ian(dot)watson21(at)btopenworld(dot)com