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Remember the Bee Gees? TragedyWhen the feeling’s gone and you can’t go onIt’s tragedyWhen the morning cries and you don’t know whyIt’s hard to bearWith no one to love youYou’re goin’ nowhere In Greek theatre (mentioned yesterday) the Bee Gees song may describe the tragic, but it’s not a ‘tragedy’. Rachel and I watched ‘AContinue reading “Tragedy”

For many days now we have heard about masks, the need of PPE for professionals in hospitals and care homes as well as for ordinary people on the street. In many tribal religions a man could be transformed a deity by wearing his ceremonial mask. Greek actors wore masks to identify their character and theirContinue reading “Masks”

In the last couple of weeks we have been told repeatedly, ‘We’re all in the same boat.’ Politicians, NHS experts, and last night even the weatherman all shared this same picture. I have amused myself trying to imagine this boat – a family in a small rowing boat, fishermen on a Lowestoft trawler or thousandsContinue reading “All in the same boat”

Cellophane, Mister CellophaneShoulda been my name, Mister CellophaneCause you can look right through me, walk right by meAnd never know I’m there, I tell ya Amos Hart, husband of accused murderess Roxie Hart, sings these words in the musical ‘Chicago’. Disillusioned, sad and ignored by everybody he reflects on his anonymous life. Coronavirus is makingContinue reading “Cellophane people”

It’s good to walk down the street and see so many rainbows! This one’s Megan’s! The rainbow is a picture of peace. The rain-‘bow’ is in the shape of a weapon of war that in ancient times fired arrows and brought death. A sign of war was an upright bow, ready for action. A bowContinue reading “Rainbows”

After posting yesterday’s blog I felt that it was unfinished; I wanted to add more from a faith perspective: “Whistle Down the Wind” tells of three children who find an escaped prisoner on the run from the police. Convinced that he’s Jesus they hide him in a barn and bring their friends to see him.Continue reading “Valuing the positive (2)”

Captain Tom Moore has been inspirational! The 99 year old war veteran aimed to raise £1000 for NHS charities by walking a hundred laps of his garden. This morning’s BBC news says that 800,000 people have donated and he has currently raised over £17m! Rather than focusing on the negative – his cancer, his brokenContinue reading “Valuing the positive”

When I am down, and, oh, my soul, so wearyWhen troubles come, and my heart burdened be Many people are worried by ‘what if?’ questions. ‘What if’ … I lost my job, my marriage, my health or my reputation? Today there are many more ‘what if’ questions. What if… …I catch coronavirus? …through social isolationContinue reading “What if?”

The current coronavirus has come as an unwelcome interruption to our lives. It has affected the way we work, or if we work and the way we care for or interact with our families; it has had an impact on friendships, on social meetings and regular activities. Our daily routines have been interrupted. Some ofContinue reading “Interruptions”

In 1964 Bob Dylan sang, ‘The times they are a changin’’ It was an important song because it heralded the many changes that the 60s brought – and it was one of the first songs that I learned to play on my guitar. It is a song that was both influential at the time, andContinue reading “Changing times and passing batons.”