The Reluctant Reformation of Clarence McGonigall

by Ron Ferguson

illustrated by Bill McArthur

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It is the year 2009, and the Winds of Change are blowing through the Kirk. The new marketing slogan is 'Smile with Jesus!', and presumably some in the (rebranded) Presbyterian Church (Scotland) were smiling even as they wiped the smile off the face of the Reverend J Clarence McGonigall MA BD with sponsored communion, short-term contracts for ministers, and payment by results. Clarence's beloved wife Agnes finds it hard to help. Pestered by computers, mobile phones and bonding sessions, his natural reaction is truculent intransigence (and occasional appeals to the spirits of John Knox and Jenny Geddes). If only he can make it to retirement...

Clarence McGonigall first made his appearance in the pages of Life & Work, and quickly became a cult figure in the Kirk.

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A former Church of Scotland minister, Ron Ferguson is now a full-time writer. From 1990 to 2001 he was minister of St Magnus Cathedral in Kirkwall. Living in Orkney, he is a regular columnist and book reviewer with both The Herald and the Press and Journal , and has twice been a runner up for Columnist of the Year in the Bank of Scotland Press Awards.