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Hello darkness, my old friend,I’ve come to talk with you again,Because a vision softly creeping,Left its seeds while I was sleeping… As a teenager some ‘pop-music’ was fun, some rebellious. Paul Simon’s ‘Sound of Silence’ made me think. Walking home from school on dark winter nights, alone, across the empty park, I listened to theContinue reading “Sound of Silence”

My friend Peter’s writing his life story – his childhood in Southwold, life at sea in the merchant navy, painting and decorating business… joy and sorrow, love and heartbreak, triumph and error, predictable and unexpected… His story is for his children and their children. The Biblical prophet Joel: ‘Tell it to your children, and letContinue reading “Tell It To Your Children”

Jacob had deceived his brother Esau, taking his birth-right and blessing. He ran away, fleeing for his life. Esau was going to kill him! Exhausted, Jacob slept and had a dream… seeing an earth-to-heaven ladder, angels and God. Jacob woke up and said: ’Surely the Lord is in this place and I was not awareContinue reading “Bethel – House of God”

You may ask me how I know my Lord is real You may doubt the things I say and doubt the way I feel But I know he’s real today he’ll always be I can feel his hand in mine and that’s enough for me. I first heard ‘His Hand In Mine’ sung by Elvis.Continue reading “His Hand In Mine”

My walk this morning was good… beautiful, warm… the sun rising over the sea… the usual assortment of dog-walkers, swimmers, joggers, cyclists… ‘Good morning,’ I said to one man. His loud, bright, very orange shorts woke me up. ‘Good morning,’ I said to an older lady dog-walker. ‘Good morning,’ she replied, very cheerily. ‘Lovely morning,’Continue reading “Every Day’s A Good Day”

I continue to enjoy Bible Stories. They’re fascinating, simple, profound, remarkable, enjoyable, frustrating, mysterious, compelling, powerful, transforming… Friends with no apparent faith tell me they don’t believe the Bible. As conversation progresses it appears that they haven’t read it. They’ve picked up bits of apparent non-sense, reaching what to me seems like to a mis-informedContinue reading “Tell Me The Old, Old Story”

Recently we’ve enjoyed good news… Yesterday the church parent and toddler group re-started. All went really well. Messages of gratitude… ‘Just wanted to say a huge thank you! It was so wonderful to see you all yesterday. E and A had such a good time.  It was so good to feel that a little normalityContinue reading “The Margin of Mystery”

There are two ways to cross Lake Lothing in Lowestoft: either by the Bascule Bridge to the east of the town, or the Mutford Lock Bridge to the west. After many years of discussion, promises and good intentions a third crossing is finally being built. The Gull Wing Bridge is due to be completed andContinue reading “The Third Crossing”

A man in a disabled buggy was approaching me along the coastal path. A black dog walked beside him. He kept whistling instructions to the dog. The whistling didn’t sound right… As he drew closer I saw a grey parrot on the front of his buggy whistling! I liked the idea of the parrot, notContinue reading “Whistled Instructions?”

We walked beside the sea yesterday afternoon. There was the usual assortment of seagulls, including youngsters in their juvenile feathers. One comical-looking herring gull caught our attention. He was a beautiful glossy grey and white adult – with a juvenile brown fluffy head. Not quite grown up. A young head on a mature body. TheContinue reading “Seagull, Emma, Jacob and Maturity”