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Last week an RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) magazine arrived. Bird and wildlife writer Simon Barnes describes the arrival of Spring: ‘The birds that live here all year are spectacular enough, but the whole show gets its edge from those that fly in to join us for the spring. We’re a countryContinue reading “Listening More Carefully…”

Later this morning I shall go to church. I shall go to meet friends, to be encouraged in my faith, to seek inspiration for the coming week… but most of all I shall go to refocus on God. I shall seek to see Him more clearly, understand Him better, and respond to Him in praise.Continue reading “Come People of the Risen King (2)”

Yesterday morning, at ‘Music for Wellbeing’, everyone, including Paul, sung ‘Any Dream Will Do’ from ‘Joseph and his Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’ with enthusiasm and enjoyment. Earlier Paul had told me that next week he’s going into hospital for surgery to remove a lump from his chest. Any dream will do? Paul has a specific dreamContinue reading “It Is Him!”

Last night we watched ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’. Set in 1934 Alabama, we saw a world of segregation, where the black population were vulnerable to injustice, and, extrajudicial killing. It tells of lawyer, Atticus Finch, defending Tom Robinson, an innocent black man maliciously accused of the rape of a white girl. The story is toldContinue reading “The Mockingbird and Me”

Yesterday, reading ‘The Hundred and One Dalmatians’: Pongo and Missis, the adult dalmatians have rescued the ninety-seven pups from captivity in Suffolk (such a terrible county!) and are trying to get them back to their home in London. The evil Cruella de Vil is closing in on them: ‘Nothing but a miracle can save usContinue reading “The Unexpected Miracle”

I’ve been impressed by King Charles in his state visit to the US, particularly by his speech to Congress yesterday. He quoted President Lincoln’s words from his 1863 Gettysburg Address, ‘…the world may little note what we say, but will never forget what we do.’ It’s true in international politics today; it’s true in theContinue reading “What We Say… What We Do.”

Newton’s Third Law of Motion states: ‘For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.’ Forces acting on different objects come in pairs. They’re always equal in size but opposite in direction. It’s a tidy law of balance and order. The ancient Chinese philosophical principal of yin and yang speaks of cosmic principles orContinue reading “Equal and Opposite: Balance and Order”

As a child I was told, ‘Don’t throw stones!’ However… I did have a catapult that I used to fire small stones. My friend had a catapult too. We went to a building site and attempted (successfully!) to fire stones over a house. Don’t throw stones? We weren’t caught! And yet… When we went onContinue reading “Don’t Throw Stones!”

Listening to an old ‘Seekers’ CD this week brought many happy memories. I was particularly pleased to remember the old Tom Springfield song ‘Walk with me’. Walk with me through the long and lonely nightWalk with me, and my world is filled with lightHere I stand, feeling lost and so aloneTake my hand, don’t desertContinue reading “Walk With Me”

Dragons: Yesterday, thinking about St George killing the dragon, set me musing… Good: I saw a Welsh flag with the Red Dragon at its centre. It’s a dragon from Celtic mythology, the Welsh guardian and protector. It represents strength, courage, and resilience, the spirit of the Welsh nation, symbolizing defiance and resistance, calling Welsh peopleContinue reading “Dragons – The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly”