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Yesterday’s musing on the Choluteca Bridge seemed to resonate with a number of folk… If our old bridges are secure and strong but useless, how do we build new bridges? Robert E. Quinn describes ‘Building the Bridge as you Walk on it’. Life presents a ‘chasm of uncertainty’ that we need to cross. There areContinue reading “Building the Bridge – with Robert, Paul and Brennan”

U.S. Army Engineers built a bridge over the Choluteca river in Honduras to withstand storms and hurricanes. In 1998 Hurricane Mitch brought floods, death and destruction to the area. 150 Honduran bridges were destroyed, but not the Choluteca Bridge. When the flood waters receded the hurricane had re-routed the river to flow through a newContinue reading “The Choluteca Bridge”

Musing on Paul telling his story in Acts 26: Raconteur: A small man in chains tells his story to the great and powerful. Religion: His education was the best – specialising in religious studies. Resistance: He opposed anything that wasn’t traditional truth – especially the Jesus story. Revelation: He met the living Jesus on theContinue reading “Telling the story”

O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonderConsider all the worlds Thy hands have madeI see the stars, I hear the rolling thunderThy power throughout the universe displayed Musing on the illusion that we control our lives. We don’t control famine, drought, political forces or Covid-19 at the global level; we can’t control ourContinue reading “The Illusion of Control”

I walked on the beach this morning. Yesterday’s rain continues. The sea looked grey and grumpy. Runners looked bedraggled. Walkers gave typically British comments about expected weather. Early morning swimmers stayed at home. Today’s greyness reflects yesterday’s covid-19 news. Infections rising, hospital numbers increasing, more deaths, more local lockdowns. The reality spelt out: restrictions willContinue reading “Eeyore, Kierkegaard, Jeremiah… Negatives become Positives”

I have been involved with The Seagull for nearly 30 years. This old Victorian school was converted by Suffolk County Council into a theatre and drama centre. 15 years ago, SCC couldn’t afford to run it. Potential demolition was prevented; today it’s locally run as a thriving community theatre. Negative became positive. Karen, Des andContinue reading “The Seagull – Negatives become positives”

You’ve got a friend in meYou’ve got a friend in meWhen the road looks rough aheadAnd you’re miles and milesFrom your nice warm bedYou just remember what your old pal saidBoy, you’ve got a friend in me… Musing further on human friendship… This song written by Randy Newman for the film ‘Toy Story’…   TheContinue reading “You’ve Got A Friend In Me”

I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rainI’ve seen sunny days that I thought would never endI’ve seen lonely times when I could not find a friendBut I always thought that I’d see you again Yesterday I was musing on Carole King’s song ‘You’ve got a friend’. It’s said that she wrote it in response toContinue reading “Fire, Rain and Friendship”

When you’re down and troubledAnd you need a helping handAnd nothing, nothing is going rightClose your eyes and think of meAnd soon I will be thereTo brighten up even your darkest night. On Sunday a smiling lady, (who shall remain nameless) publicly accused me of sitting daily in ‘The Oddfellows’ to write my musings. IContinue reading “You’ve Got a Friend”

Yesterday I read of Carrie-Jade Williams: The rest of the world was coming to terms with Covid-19; Carrie-Jade, a woman in her late 20s, was told she had ‘Huntington’s disease’; she may have five years left to live. She expressed positivity and her strong faith in God:‘It was through some quiet prayers… that changed howContinue reading “Carrie-Jade, Pete & Paul… Opting in”