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Long, long ago, feels like yesterday,A little child watched as dad sat down to play.They pulled the old piano to the middle of the room,Friends and neighbours calling for their favourite tuneSo long ago. Stretching out our bedtime being good as we could be,With my sister and my brother, I’d try to sing the harmony.Cross-leggedContinue reading “Salvation Songs”

Today, January 6th, is Epiphany, the 12th day of Christmas, the day when traditionally the church remembers the wise men visiting Jesus and presenting their gifts. ‘Epiphany’ comes from the Greek word meaning ‘to reveal’; the baby Jesus was ‘revealed’ to the world. It was a revelation… An ‘Epiphany’ is a moment of sudden, profoundContinue reading “Revelations and Epiphany”

Often I get into fixed ways of thinking about things; my beliefs, convictions and standards become inflexible. I need to put things that I already know in a different order to get fresh insight, to receive a deeper understanding. I had that experience yesterday… I’ve mused before on ‘The Repair Shop’ – the TV programmeContinue reading “Restoring the Broken”

Our Christmas has ended. The Christmas tree lights and decorations are back in boxes, Christmas cards have been taken down, nativity scenes are put away, the illuminated Santa’s back on the top shelf of the garage. Our house is back to normal. We’ve lived here for thirty seven years. We bought the house – bricks,Continue reading “Houses and Homes”

This morning, reading about Noah – ark, animals, floods… As the waters recede Noah thanks his God. The God who made the world, promises to sustain it: ‘As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night will never cease.’ God establishes constants. If these constants areContinue reading “Challenging and Removing the Constants”

I read something yesterday that made me think. Referring to musicians it said: If you practice you get better. If you get better you play with better players. If you play with better players you play better music. If you play better music you have more fun. If you have more fun you practice more.Continue reading “Loops of Improvement”

Yesterday afternoon we saw New Zealand and Australia ‘welcoming in’ 2024. Then, as the Big Ben struck midnight, we saw a spectacular display of fireworks and lights over the London skyline. We ‘welcomed in’ 2024. The picture that I’ve imagined until now has me standing behind a door. 2024 knocks. I open the door andContinue reading “Welcome, 2024!”

There’s a place where the streets shineWith the glory of the Lamb.There’s a way, we can go there,We can live there beyond time. Because of You, because of You,Because of Your love,Because of Your blood. Each year I read through my Bible. On January 1st I start at the beginning of Genesis with creation andContinue reading “Because Of You”

Recently Jack spent several days in hospital; now he’s home, awaiting urgent surgery. His physical illness is affecting his mental health. Yesterday he said that he doesn’t recognise himself, quoting Shakespeare’s King Lear who says: ‘Doth any here know me? This is not Lear. Doth Lear walk thus, speak thus?…’ From being undisputed King andContinue reading “Who Am I?”

Yesterday… …The oil light had kept coming on in our car. For anything mechanical or technological I’m clueless. I opened the bonnet, found the dipstick, established that there wasn’t sufficient oil… At the local petrol station there were ten different sorts of oil. ‘How do I know which sort of oil I need?’ I askedContinue reading “But I Still Don’t Understand!”