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Yesterday we heard Winston Churchill, King George and the Queen as we remembered VE day. Three proverbs about words: Slander ‘Whoever spreads slander is a fool’. The group of friends gossiping about their absent ‘friend’, the career destroyed by spiteful allegations, the heat of the moment comment on Facebook… I have watched the continuing demolitionContinue reading “VE Day…Words”

This week I have spoken to people who need wisdom – in relationships, marriage, business, health, money, responding to Facebook messages… Some needed wisdom advising those who need wisdom. Yesterday I was reading ‘Proverbs’. It suggested four stages of wisdom… Listen You have to listen to wisdom Innocent Liesl looks to Rolfe: ‘Totally unprepared areContinue reading “Four Stages of Wisdom”

Treasures of Darkness Yesterday was ‘tunnels and light’. Ann responded: ‘I remember the long tunnel I travelled through as I was going through radiotherapy… lying flat bolted down on either side of my head to keep me and the plastic mask in place. My only light 30 times over was to recite Psalm 23…’ IContinue reading “Treasures of Darkness”

Two news items from yesterday: Norfolk actor Stephen Fry spoke about entertainment venues: ‘’Dark’ is the word we use to describe a closed theatre, and these are dark times indeed…’ The BBC told us that with 29,427 recorded deaths the UK now has the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Europe. These are ‘dark days’.Continue reading “Light at the End of the Tunnel”

To dream the impossible dreamTo fight the unbeatable foeTo bear with unbearable sorrowTo run where the brave dare not go ‘The Impossible Dream’ is not distant. We get involved with – and are the answer – to our dreams. Captain Tom’s dream to support the NHS wasn’t left to somebody else. His ideas became actions.Continue reading “The Impossible Dream”

Somewhere over the rainbow skies are blueand the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true Rainbow dreams of peace, beauty and hope lift us beyond the everyday and mundane to something bigger and better. John F Kennedy said: ‘You see things; and you say ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were;Continue reading “Rainbow Dreams”

I first heard ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’ 50 years ago. The final song ‘Any Dream Will Do’…. We watched ‘Britain’s got Talent’ last night. Talented people had dreams. Two young Pilipino men dreamt of performing in front of the royal family; ‘Magic Bones’ dreamt of taking his conjuring act to Las Vagas. AContinue reading “Any Dream Will Do”

Gary Barlow and Job were born in very different times and cultures; both speak to us today: Gary, Job and many today face death and live with bereavement: Gary describes the death of his fourth child, Poppy, stillborn at full term. ‘There’s no sadder sight than seeing a mum with a dead baby in herContinue reading “Gary and Job”

Once upon a time there was a little white bull Very sad, because he was a little white bullAll the black bulls called him a cowardJust ’cause he was whiteOnly black bulls go to the bullringOnly black bulls fight Yesterday I visited ‘The Oddfellows Arms’. Habit. It was closed. 300 years ago the trade guildsContinue reading “Oddfellows”

Coronavirus testing fills the news. Scientists, politicians, care home workers, nurses, patients and the public all have an opinion and a vested interest. I spent many happy years in teaching debating testing with teachers, parents, employers and children (later pupils and then students!) How do you test for Christian faith? Many tests are conducted byContinue reading “Testing”