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Yesterday I did my weekly prayer walk… Passing a school I pray for certain young people. Passing a church I pray for certain ministers. Passing a café I pray for friends I’ve recently drunk coffee with… At ‘Kathryn’s bench’ I remember Kathryn, a young person who died in 2012, her parents, and other bereaved friends.Continue reading “Remembering – With A Smile And A Tear”

The wheels on the bus go round and roundRound and round…The wheels on the bus go round and roundAll Day Long This children’s song is not some dark nursery rhyme about baking blackbirds in a pie, catching the ring-a-roses plague, or babies falling out of tree-top cradles causing unspecified injury… It’s a simple song aboutContinue reading “The Wheels On The Bus”

What would you think if I sang out of tune?Would you stand up and walk out on me?Lend me your ears and I’ll sing you a songAnd I’ll try not to sing out of key. I can’t remember what I did yesterday; I can remember the complete lyrics of songs from 50-60 years ago… IContinue reading “With A Little Help From My Friends”

I’ve bought a new electric raker/ scarifier for our grass. The theory is that it rakes out the moss and the weeds, and aerates the soil so that the grass can grow better. I’ve tried it out. It works well. I filled a large bin and two big sacks with debris and I’m only halfContinue reading “Scarified, Finished & Forgotten”

Years ago I watched Scooby-Doo… Like Enid Blyton’s ‘Famous Five’… four children and a dog solve mysteries. The plot was always the same… a haunted house… some bad guy’s doing bad things – but who was it? The children split up, worked as a team… there was some crisis… Scooby-Doo and his friends solve theContinue reading “Good Guys & Bad Guys”

It’s not often a friend gets in a national newspaper… Kim was interviewed some weeks ago; yesterday her story was published in ‘The Sun’: ‘I am 39 years old, but my life is nearing its end, my body ravaged by more than 20 years of anorexia. Everything I hoped for in my future when IContinue reading “Kim”

Brother, sister, let me serve you;let me be as Christ to you;pray that I may have the grace tolet you be my servant too. This week I shall meet many people – at church, in cafés, homes, clubs… friends, family… I’m not with them for my benefit, nor as some noble, controlling do-gooder, but inContinue reading “Brother, Sister Let Me Serve You”

John Motson died on Thursday aged 77. His distinguished 50-year career as a football commentator with the BBC was part of my life. ‘Mottie’ was the voice of football, always presenting with warmth, generosity, passion and professionalism. He made me smile. Mottie wasn’t just a legendary commentator, he was also a man of sincere ChristianContinue reading “Just Two Hours…”

Last night we saw ‘Wish You Were Dead’, a stage adaption of the Peter James mystery, featuring actors George Rainsford and Clive Mantle whom we’ve seen on TV. Detective Roy Grace is holiday in France with his wife Cleo and their three-month-old baby. They arrive at a creepy chateau, tired and exhausted after a wetContinue reading “The Plot Unfolds…”

Our ‘new minister’ was asked, ‘So just how inclusive are you?…’ I ask myself the same question… I love the less-known Bible stories… Jephthah’s kicked out of his home because his mother was a prostitute; his brothers, sons of his Dad’s wife, thought he shouldn’t be part of his family… There’s battles against the enemy,Continue reading “Inclusion? Jephthah, John and Brennan”