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Like a bridge over troubled waterI will lay me down This last week we’ve seen much troubled water… guns, bombs, destruction… anxious families leaving home, seeking safety… fear-full, insecure, uncertain, victims of war… We need national leaders seeking peace not war… justice and reconciliation, not death and destruction. Our world needs a Bridge Over TroubledContinue reading “Bridge over Troubled Water”

Tantalus was a Greek mythological figure, who upset the Gods. His punishment was to stand in a pool of water beneath a luscious fruit tree with low branches. When he reached up to pick fruit it moved away; when he bent down to have a drink the water moved away.  Food and drink was thereContinue reading “Tantalus… Tantalising”

We enjoyed a day in London yesterday… using buses as all underground stations were closed… visiting the British Museum… and watching the excellent Mary Poppins. The stage show is much better than the film! One of its main themes is how children should be brought up… how they relate to adults – especially their parentsContinue reading “Sugar or Brimstone?”

Yesterday I visited Paul. ‘Can you help me with my guitar playing please?’ Paul’s elderly fingers aren’t as flexible as he would like them to be. We strummed out a few old Elvis songs and sung them together… Are you lonesome tonightDo you miss me tonight?Are you sorry we drifted apart?… Earlier in the weekContinue reading “Lonesome Tonight-ness”

Today’s Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent… traditionally a period of abstinence… giving up chocolate, alcohol, or some other pleasure… The more radical Christian tradition is that it’s the start of a tough disciplined journey of prayer and fasting… a time to ‘confess sins, correct faults, purify hearts, control desires and grow in holiness’.Continue reading “Ash Wednesday… Time for Preparation?”

The Office for National Statistics: ’Shrinkflation is a term used to describe the process of a product’s size being reduced while its price remains the same…’ I’ve been aware of ‘shrinkflation’ when looking at chocolate bars, drink bottles… Musing… The Shrinkflation Mentality Today’s Shrove Tuesday. Its name comes from the Christian principle of ‘shriving’: aContinue reading “Shrinkflation Mentality”

Each news bulletin is full of the latest from Ukraine. In church we’ve prayed for Ukraine. The current situation and the anticipated future is discussed in homes, cafés, and work-places across the country, across the world… Random brief musings… Foreigners… It’s easy to think that this situation is in a far-away country with far-away people.Continue reading “Ukraine Musings”

I pray you’ll be our eyes, and watch us where we goAnd help us to be wise in times when we don’t knowLet this be our prayer, when we lose our way. This morning… there are huge global needs – especially in Ukraine… friends have significant concerns… I have my personal needs. This song givesContinue reading “The Prayer”

I enjoyed my usual Saturday morning prayer/meditation walk on the beach. There was a sharp frost; the sun rose over a calm sea. Beautiful, relaxing, routine… I return to Deuteronomy. Moses says: ‘When you are in the land the Lord your God is giving you, someone may be found murdered in a field, and youContinue reading “Disturbed by the Unexpected…”

Musing… Deuteronomy ‘For instance, a man may go into the forest with his neighbour to cut wood and as he swings his axe to fell a tree the head may fly off and hit his neighbour and kill him. That man may flee to one of these cities and save his life.’ (19:5) ‘Cities ofContinue reading “Cities of Refuge… Places of Safety.”