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When I was at school, we had assembly every morning; it always included a hymn, a Bible reading and a prayer. On the last day of term, the reading was always Romans 12. I read it again this morning… The chapter includes a picture… we’re all parts of a body – different from each other,Continue reading “Difference and Dependence”

I do not know what lies ahead,the way I cannot see;yet one stands near to be my guide;he’ll show the way to me. Songs of all sorts have always been an important part of my life. As a teenager I sung this with other students, (102 in the old Youth Praise!), played it on myContinue reading “I Do Not Know What Lies Ahead”

Yesterday at our ‘Singing for Health’ group we sang: You put de lime in de coconut, you mix it all upPut de lime in de coconut, you mix it all together… We’ve sung it for several weeks. It’s good fun. I assumed it was a West Indian traditional song… I discovered it’s written by whiteContinue reading “It’s Time To Reconsider”

I often return to Pandora’s box… …Zeus gave Pandora a box but warned her never to open it. Pandora was curious and couldn’t stay away from it. Eventually she opened the box and all manner of horrible things flew out – disease, hunger, greed, hatred, grief, pain, poverty, war, death… All of life’s miseries were releasedContinue reading “Hope – Pandora, People & Paul”

It’s 1988. Lily Ebert, a Hungarian Jew, returns to Auschwitz for the first time since 1945. She talks to those she’s with… ‘Learning what happened from somebody who had lived through the camp herself… Confronted with all the numbers on the explanation panels in the museum, numbers so huge they seem unfathomable, they could turnContinue reading “One Person. One Life”

A couple of months ago three wasps plotted together and stung me; I discovered a wasps’ nest at the end of our garden. I worked round it… A couple of weeks ago I phoned a local pest control company. (They dealt with the rats that visited our garden last year.) ‘How much is it toContinue reading “Should I Get Rid Of It?”

The thing about gardening is that you’re always preparing for the future. These salvias, dahlias and cyclamen are still in flower because we planted them…We’re enjoying potatoes, beans and carrots from ‘off the estate’ because in the spring I prepared and planted. And now we’re starting to prepare for next year – pruning shrubs, diggingContinue reading “Preparing for the Future”

Autumn leaves are starting to fall; trees are ‘releasing’ their leaves. Yesterday in church Andrea talked about Autumn as a time for letting go. We thought about releasing our worries, failures, fears… After church I was talking to a gent in his sixties… He’s finding work tough with targets he can’t meet, endless, apparently pointlessContinue reading “Getting Old… Father William & Father Abraham”

If I were a butterflyI’d thank you Lord for giving me wingsIf I were a robin in a treeI’d thank you Lord that I could singIf I were a fish in the seaI’d wiggle my tail and I’d giggle with gleeBut I just thank you Father for making me, me For you gave me aContinue reading “If I Were A Butterfly”

Last night we watched ‘The Last Motel’. The lights came up on a woman tied, lying on a bed and a man wearing a turkey head. As we watched we gradually understood… a robbery and a kidnap… the man works at a poultry farm… the woman’s a vicar… the man has three daughters he’s strugglingContinue reading “The Whole Story”