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To dream the impossible dreamTo fight the unbeatable foeTo bear with unbearable sorrowTo run where the brave dare not go ‘The Impossible Dream’ is not distant. We get involved with – and are the answer – to our dreams. Captain Tom’s dream to support the NHS wasn’t left to somebody else. His ideas became actions.Continue reading “The Impossible Dream”

Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blueand the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true Rainbow dreams of peace, beauty and hope lift us beyond the everyday and mundane to something bigger and better. John F Kennedy said: ‘You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were;Continue reading “Rainbow Dreams”

I first heard ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’ 50 years ago. The final song ‘Any Dream Will Do’…. We watched ‘Britain’s got Talent’ last night. Talented people had dreams. Two young Pilipino men dreamt of performing in front of the royal family; ‘Magic Bones’ dreamt of taking his conjuring act to Las Vagas. AContinue reading “Any Dream Will Do”

Gary Barlow and Job were born in very different times and cultures; both speak to us today: Gary, Job and many today face death and live with bereavement: Gary describes the death of his fourth child, Poppy, stillborn at full term. ‘There’s no sadder sight than seeing a mum with a dead baby in herContinue reading “Gary and Job”

Once upon a time there was a little white bull Very sad, because he was a little white bullAll the black bulls called him a cowardJust ’cause he was whiteOnly black bulls go to the bullringOnly black bulls fight Yesterday I visited ‘The Oddfellows Arms’. Habit. It was closed. 300 years ago the trade guildsContinue reading “Oddfellows”

Coronavirus testing fills the news. Scientists, politicians, care home workers, nurses, patients and the public all have an opinion and a vested interest. I spent many happy years in teaching debating testing with teachers, parents, employers and children (later pupils and then students!) How do you test for Christian faith? Many tests are conducted byContinue reading “Testing”

There were so many sad images yesterday: Kind people who could no longer be kind; the grief of bereavement; the minute’s silence; people standing apart but together. I owe a huge amount to two men. Ray was a missionary in Thailand and subsequently a probation officer; Ted worked on the docks in Liverpool and becameContinue reading “OK?”

‘What a Wonderful World’ became famous at a time of international tensions and uncertainty – similar to today. Sung by a black American at a time of racial prejudice there was the Viet Nam war and the threat of nuclear war. We have heard a lot about Personal Protective Equipment – masks, gloves etc; IContinue reading “PPE”

‘Til we find our placeOn the path unwindingIn the circle, the circle of life Rafiki, the shaman, reminds Simba, now an adult lion, of his birth-right to be king. Simba struggles with this – he has done so much wrong.  Rafiki reminds Simba that the spirit of his father, Mufasa, will always be with him.Continue reading “Circle of Life (3)”

‘There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot…a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build…a time to weep andContinue reading “The Circle of Life (2)”