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Leaders: Richard, Richard, Gareth & Mick

On Sunday we heard of the four boys who fell through the ice in a lake in Solihull, West Midlands. Yesterday we learnt that three had died and the fourth’s in a critical condition. In TV interviews Superintendent Richard Harris from West Midlands Police described the first officer on the scene entering the lake inContinue reading “Leaders: Richard, Richard, Gareth & Mick”

Once Upon A Time

Yesterday I read of parents banning some of the ‘fairy tales’ that I was brought up on… Hansel and Gretel’s abandoned children, abducted by a bloodthirsty, cannibalistic witch… Red Riding Hood’s wolf that eats grandmothers… violent and distressing images! There are issues of body image with Cinderella and her ugly sisters… sizeism with Snow White’sContinue reading “Once Upon A Time”

The New Old Fashioned Way

Yesterday we went to Snape to see the Co-op Juniors Christmas Spectacular. Nearly 100 children and young people sung and danced their way through a variety of Christmas classics. We’ve been for several years and have never been disappointed. The costumes were amazing, the standard of production and performance was exceptionally high, and the worldContinue reading “The New Old Fashioned Way”

Naked and Exposed

I read this in my Bible this morning. My version talked about being ‘naked and exposed before God’s eyes’… Several friends have spent time in hospital recently. To have the necessary surgery or treatment, their physical condition must be ‘naked and exposed’ to the doctors. Others are having regular meetings with their counsellors. Past traumasContinue reading “Naked and Exposed”

Three Chairs (Hip Hip Hooray!)

Chair 1: Yesterday I went to Grandson-Luca’s ‘Red Oak Primary School’ for their ‘Christmas Big Sing’. In the school hall we sat on small squashed-together primary-school-sized chairs. Sitting between two big-coated mums of larger dimensions I felt like the dormouse squashed between the Mad Hatter and the March Hare at Alice’s tea party. A fullContinue reading “Three Chairs (Hip Hip Hooray!)”

Connection… Flow… Results.

It’s time for autumn/winter pruning. A couple of weeks ago I started on the bushes and shrubs in our front garden. I wanted to finish them last Saturday. ‘Use the electric hedge-trimmer,’ Rachel suggested. Good plan. I got out the extension cable, plugged it in, switched it on. As they say locally, ‘Job’s a goodContinue reading “Connection… Flow… Results.”

Seasonal Musing

It’s the Winter Season. Woolly hats and gloves have come out, daylight hours are shorter and round-the-year sea-swimmers appear more bonkers… It’s the Christmas season. On Saturday it was the Colchester Santa Fun Run… in Lowestoft there was a Christmas market with Christmas music played and performed. ‘‘Tis the season to be jolly’ the carolContinue reading “Seasonal Musing”