 I remind members of the Covid-related measures that are in place and that face coverings should be worn when moving around the chamber and across the Holyrood campus. The first item of business this afternoon is time for reflection. Our time for reflection leader today is Reverend Dr James Connolly, Minister of Dundee West Parish Church of Scotland. Felly, gilyddegol iawn i'r gwaith i'r flwyddyn �fyrw synchronaeth y gwahanol hwnnw i'r bethyn ddosion. Rydw i'n nhw ddim yn myn i chi i'r gwaith i blodol, a os bydd yn cael ei dweuddiadau i hybrws yn y Newspaper yn sefydliadau yn COP 24. Rydych chi'n amser yn y boi scowth, y gweldon yn gwneudlersgwm. Dw i'i'n myn i, ond gweldon yn gwneudlersgwm, rwy'n rhoi ar dweuddiadau amser when it camp. I took this very seriously, shoveling a good measure just to make sure it was safe to eat. Most of the time, it was. That spoon was helpful and ever ready. Some resented it, thinking of it as interference. Others were thankful and most accepted it as something to be done. Later, when I came to Fife, I was informed that you need a long spoon to suck with a fifer. I had long ago put that folding spoon away. Now it seemed that I needed a long spoon, ASAP. What did it mean? I learned it meant that five people could be challenging to get to know. As a clergyman, working for 16 years in Fife, I found that they, like us, are all jock Thompson's burns. The long spoon required humility, sacrifice and sometimes suffering, but mainly Christian love, reaching out with unconditional positive regard to all. I was introduced to another five spoon, a spoon, a wooden double-backed spoon. It multiplies mixing and beating using the same effort. Neil Robertson credited it along with good Scottish water in helping him win the world porridge making championship, the appliance of science but also good Scottish ingenuity. Finally, there is the metal pudding spoon. Noah, my six-year-old grandson, believes that it is magic. One side shows your reflection the right way up while the other displays it upside down. When things seem upside down, we need to learn to turn for the right way up. The writer to the Hebrews, when using the word stir, is thinking in terms of agitation, even irritation. In truth, when looking at the right way round, it spurs on to something good. I trust that we will continue to learn how best to stir one another up, the love and good works and are ever ready to check and keep all safe so that they may advance with care, knowing that drunk Thompson's burns are precious and to be cared for throughout life.