Yesterday’s local sports’ headlines included ‘Rupp and Skipp in the Canaries’ engine room’. For the uninitiated or disinterested it referred to Lucas Rupp and Oliver Skipp, who play football for Norwich City. I like the idea of a canary with an engine. ‘Rupp and Skipp’ reminded me of a song I heard many years agoContinue reading “Three Billy Goats Gruff”
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It ain’t what you do…
Musing on the old song: ‘It ain’t what you do it’s the way that you do it.’ Yesterday, musing on ‘vocation’… Nurses and care home workers continue to be praised not just because they do a good job but because of the sort of people they are… A former colleague recently said, ‘I have beenContinue reading “It ain’t what you do…”
My Way
And now, the end is nearAnd so I face the final curtainMy friend, I’ll say it clearI’ll state my case, of which I’m certainI’ve lived a life that’s fullI travelled each and every highwayAnd more, much more than this, I did it my way. Musing on the old Frank Sinatra song… not because I thinkContinue reading “My Way”
Facts, Opinions and Truth
Paul and Jimmy were (almost certainly still are) two excellent humanities teachers. I observed many of their lessons. They taught the children the difference between facts and opinions. They would ask questions like, ‘Was Oliver Cromwell a good man?’. Answers were required to be: ‘I think Cromwell was/wasn’t a good man because… for example…’ ThisContinue reading “Facts, Opinions and Truth”
Life in the Third Dimension
I have three interrelated dimensions to my faith: Inward: My personal convictions and beliefs. Upward: How I relate to the God I believe in – prayer, church, reading my Bible… Outward: How my faith affects my daily life – the sort of person I am, the things I do. Integrity requires both a consistency betweenContinue reading “Life in the Third Dimension”
It is Well with my Soul
When peace, like a river, attendeth my way,When sorrows, like a sea billows roll;Whatever my lot, Thou hast taught me to say,It is well, it is well with my soul. Another old hymn… that I love because of its old-fashioned language, its story, and its truth and hope. It is well with my soul,It isContinue reading “It is Well with my Soul”
Prayer Walk
I’ve written before about my links with the Seagull Theatre. As our Christmas pantomime is not going to happen this year we’re producing a walk-about Christmas Pantomime. Families in socially distanced bubbles will go on a journey around Pakefield. At different points they will arrive at different scenes where actors will act out the nextContinue reading “Prayer Walk”
Conversion
This building, 20 metres from the beach in Pakefield, used to be an unsightly toilet block. Chris and David, two local men, bought it, converting it to a desirable, well used holiday cottage: ‘Beach Cottage’. I’m disappointed it wasn’t ‘Loo with a View’ or ‘Wee Cottage’ Last night we watched ‘DIY SOS’. ‘Surfability’, is aContinue reading “Conversion”
Milton, William, Edith & Joe
Musing on the words of Milton Jones, a Christian comedian: ‘…apart from being involved at the beginning of science, systems of government, philosophy, art, schools, hospitals, the emancipation of women, the abolition of slavery, social welfare, helping form the moral code most people live by, and introducing popular notions of justice, mercy, decency and compassionContinue reading “Milton, William, Edith & Joe”
Without You
I can’t live if living is without youI can’t live, I can’t give anymoreI can’t live if living is without youI can’t give, I can’t give anymore Another old song. Recorded by many artists, but the definitive version has to be Harry Nilson’s. It’s a song about lost love, about heartache, a broken relationship, theContinue reading “Without You”
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