When the public discourse feels increasingly filled with intolerance, hate and othering, this morning was a good reminder that we are all Jock Tamson's Bairns.

I don't know the name of the keynote speaker, but I was very struck by her message of "words matter", "goodness matter", "redemption matters". As an aethist, redemption is a word I don't use, but what she spoke about was tolerance, community and partnership.