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As a child, listening to ‘Uncle Mac’ on the radio playing ‘Children’s Choice’, I often heard Doris Day singing: Que sera, seraWhatever will be, will beThe future’s not ours to seeQue sera, sera ‘Qué será, será’ is the Spanish for ‘what will be, will be’. Much in life is beyond our control. This happy songContinue reading “Doris, William, Corrie and the Unpredictable.”

Shakespeare proposed the ‘seven ages of man’. I’m proposing ‘seven monkeys of man’: ‘Little monkeys’ – Said of little children…  Childish monkeys are cheeky, a bit naughty. We know that they’re not perfect, but we accept their faults. Adult monkeys seek to correct their little monkeys. It’s term of endearment, acceptance. ‘Monkeying around’ – InContinue reading “The Seven Monkeys of Man”

It was a good weekend – family gatherings, meeting up with friends, watching TV sport, going to church… There were conversations, laughter, shouting at the referee, cheering the winners, cheerful chit-chat, serious discussions, drums, guitars, singing… All good, but there was lots of noise! There were also good quiet times alone – walking alone alongContinue reading “Silver Speech, Golden Silence”

We sung ‘Lean on Me’. At ‘Singing for Wellbeing’ on Friday. Helen, who leads the group, introduced the song saying that that’s what our group is about – helping each other, supporting each other. We sung: Sometimes in our lives, we all have pain, we all have sorrow.But if we are not wise, we knowContinue reading “Lean on Me”

Two stories: On the TV news: Kimberly Milne jumped to her death in July 2023. Police said Kimberly was ‘clearly terrified’ of her husband Lee Milne; her death was the result of her taking ‘a course of action to get away from him’. Milne was convicted of abusing his wife and being responsible for herContinue reading “Two Stories, Three Thoughts on Taking Responsibility.”

Yesterday… …Visiting the Seagull Theatre… ‘The Pirate Show’ entertained the children with its songs, slapstick and silliness. A vague plot about pirates and treasure involved pantomime-style audience participation, children invited to ‘help’ on the stage… Josh does ‘magic tricks’, so one magic wand ‘mysteriously’ became five… Plates of shaving foam appear on stage, but weContinue reading “Predicting the Unpredictable”

Reading… my Bible. …James asks: ‘Who is wise and understanding among you?’ …King Solomon was said to be the wisest man who ever lived. ‘Solomon’s wisdom was ‘greater than all the men of the East…’, but we also read that he had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines… I wonder about that wisdom. …AtContinue reading “Who is Wise?”

Yesterday… John’s in his eighties, lived and worked in Lowestoft all his life, was telling me how he left school, got a job, got a girlfriend, thought he knew it all. One day his dad said to him (in a very strong local accent!) ‘Boy, are you thinking of getting married? You don’t want aContinue reading “Fairy-cakes or Bread-and-Butter?”

Watching the Artemis II astronauts last night was all about ‘the first-time’… the first-time humans have been more than 250,000 miles from earth… the first-time humans have witnessed a solar eclipse from space… the first-time parts of the moon have been seen. Each ‘first-time’ will be remembered, a reference point for future space travel. First-timesContinue reading “The First-Time”

In this month’s Premier Christianity an article headed ‘The Ultimate Betrayal’ starts ‘When Megan’s marriage collapsed amid revelations of serious sexual crime and infidelity…’ Megan tells her story, describing her feelings of betrayal and failure as love and trust collapsed, the kind, generous friends who supported her, her faith journey through the toughest of times:Continue reading “Writing On Dark Pages”