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The Congregation of St George's Tron Church in Glasgow has become the first to split from the Church of Scotland over the gay clergy row. Rev John Chalmers, principal clerk of the General Assembly tells us what this means for Kirk.

Greg Garrett wears many hats - writer, professor, preacher and retreat leader. He's also one of America's leading voices on religion and culture. He talks to Cathy Macdonald about his uncompromising Baptist upbringing, his struggle with depression and how becoming part of a new life-affirming faith community helped him survive and thrive.

Its Scottish Refugee week and one Syrian refugee who escaped for new life in Glasgow tells his incredible story. He explains how difficult it is to see how the violence and chaos affects his family and friends left behind.

Turkish musician and scholar Latif Bolat discusses Sufism and performs a song with his traditional Turkish stringed instrument the 'baglama'.

Professor Simon Baron-Cohen expert on psychology and psychiatry puts empathy under the microscope. He challenges us to consider replacing the idea of evil with the idea of empathy-starvation. Cathy asks about the moral questions his book 'Zero Degrees of Empathy' raises.

Historian Anne Ellis continues her series on places and objects of Spiritual significance this week visiting St Simons Church in Glasgow. She discovers a plaque that gave the Polish soldiers during the Second World War a 'touch of home'.