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Scorn Not His Simplicity

Listening to Phil Coulter songs last week. I discovered ‘Scorn Not His Simplicity’, that Coulter wrote in 1969, shortly after the birth of his first son, who had Down syndrome. See the child with the golden hairYet eyes that show the emptiness insideDo we know, can we understand just how he feelsOr have we really…

Every Problem is an Opportunity

Many years ago, I was told ‘every problem is an opportunity’. It’s a bit of a cliché. I’ve been musing… Many will recognise today as ‘World Refugee Day’. This year’s theme is ‘Until everyone is safe’. The United Nations website states: ‘By mid-2025, 117.3 million people worldwide remained forcibly displaced by persecution, conflict, violence, human…

Heinz 57

As children Heinz products were always part of our grocery shopping – baked beans, tomato ketchup… The label said ’57 varieties’. I wondered if in the Heinz factory there was a list of the 57 varieties… I was brought up in a good ‘Bible believing’ church. I knew my Bible stories and Christian doctrine. I…

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