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How I long to breathe the air of HeavenWhere pain is gone and mercy fills the streetsTo look upon the One who bled to save meAnd walk with Him for all eternity This song gives life perspective…. The bad – Covid, war in Ukraine, global warming, rising prices, hypocritical politicians, death, suffering… The good thingsContinue reading “Hymn of Heaven”

This our friend Jim. As Billericay Town Crier he read out the Platinum Jubilee proclamation: ‘Oyez, oyez, oyez! Today in our nation and across the commonwealth we are celebrating our glorious Queen’s Platinum Jubilee…’ There has been a lot to hear. Many words have been said and reported by the good, the great and theContinue reading “Platinum Jubilee Celebrations”

North Creake, the village we’re staying, has a ‘scarecrow trail’. It’s part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations. Yesterday we walked round the village scarecrow spotting. There was a gardener-scarecrow mowing the grass, an acrobat-scarecrow, doing a cartwheel, a Royal-Highness-scarecrow drinking tea… North Creake scarecrows are a bit of fun… they bring the community together,Continue reading “Scarecrows”

Yesterday we visited Hunstanton on the North Norfolk coast. We looked in souvenir shops, explored rock pools, collected shells, enjoyed ice creams… and played golf on a ‘pitch-and-put’ course. Daughter-Jo won… beating her parents and children. I’m pretty useless. I know the principle of hitting a small ball into a small hole. I don’t haveContinue reading “Golf – Focus, Direction & Consistency”

For lunch yesterday I had a Kit-Kit. On the wrapper was ‘Would you rather be chased by one horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses?’ There was discussion and laughter… Yesterday included ‘Would you rather… …go out – it might rain, or stay home – it might be sunny …play in the woods or walk onContinue reading “Would You Rather…?”

We’re on holiday in deepest Norfolk. Yesterday we visited Pensthorpe. We walked round the 700 acre nature reserve… following a ‘jubilee trail’… feeding the ducks… climbing trees, rope ladders and high towers… enjoying the indoor and outdoor play areas. Although not all of us did all of these things we were engaged in significant physicalContinue reading “Activity, Rest and Musing”

Rachel and I are used to going away together. We walk, sit, read, eat… It’s quiet and gentle. This week we’re away with grandchildren. I’ve kicked a football, played noisy games, visited an adventure playground…  I’ll need a holiday to recover. It’s different – good-different. David Lammy in ‘Tribes’ describes how we identify with ‘tribes’Continue reading “Good-different and Bad-different”

Do you hear the people sing?Singing the songs of angry men?It is the music of the peopleWho will not be slaves again!When the beating of your heartEchoes the beating of the drumsThere is a life about to startWhen tomorrow comes! This song, from Les Misérables (1980 musical, 2012 film) is about committed determined people unitingContinue reading “Do You Hear The People Sing?”

I love this cartoon. A couple have bought a microwave and think it’s a television. They’re surprised that they can’t get a picture… It’s different… A microwave can never be a television… There’s no point in complaining that there’s no picture on the microwave… We’ve gone away for a few days – a cottage inContinue reading “Microwaves Aren’t Televisions…”

Lord, how can man preach thy eternal word?He is a brittle crazy glass:Yet in thy temple thou dost him affordThis glorious and transcendent place,To be a window, through thy grace. George Herbert was a poet, preacher and priest. In ‘The Windows’, he says that ministers, preachers, are like windows… Brittle, crazy… 400 years ago crazyContinue reading “The Windows by George Herbert”