Here in Glasgow, we are once again shocked, horrifed and saddened by tragedy.  George Square is a hive of activity at this time of year - shoppers, revellers, visitors, children ice-skating, a lovely nativity scene, shops, cafes... and today a scene of carnage as a bin lorry careered out of control and left several people injured or killed.

"People make Glasgow" so the slogan says, and they do.  Not that people don't make other places, or that people here are fundamentally different from people anywhere else, but this tragedy is about people - lives lost and broken, hopes and dreams shattered, Christmases ruined, families grieving and mourning...

Can't really better this prayer, so am sharing it from Glasgow (Episcopal) Cathedral