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On Friday my audiologist adjusted my hearing aids. Since they were first fitted three months ago, he’s gradually turned them up… It seems as if Mr Robin, Mrs Wren and all our other garden birds are now singing much louder. Of course there’s no actual change in volume, but this is my new reality. OnContinue reading “The New Reality”

This morning I read Ezekiel 34. It’s one of the many chapters about shepherds and sheep. It starts with a picture of bad shepherding: What sorrow awaits you shepherds who feed yourselves instead of your flocks. Shouldn’t shepherds feed their sheep? You drink the milk, wear the wool, and butcher the best animals, but youContinue reading “The Lord’s My Shepherd (Revisited)”

Ezekiel was a prophet who pointed out national faults and failings. His words, his acted-out parables, took courage, integrity, strength… Sometimes his message was opposed, sometimes it was ignored… Some saw him as ‘…nothing more than one who sings love songs with a beautiful voice and plays an instrument well, for they hear your wordsContinue reading “The Watchman – with Ezekiel, Karen & Violet”

I was walking along the beach this morning… I saw a small mouse running from the water’s edge up the beach. A young herring gull spotted it, chased it, caught it and dropped it. The mouse ran off. The herring gull chased it again, caught it again, dropped it again. I walked off. I don’tContinue reading “Brought to Safety from the Sea”

At the Seagull Theatre we’re already thinking about Christmas. Those involved with our Youth Theatre decided that their Christmas show will be ‘Beauty and the Beast’. They arranged auditions. Yesterday I read: ‘Due to the incredible number of sign-ups we’ve received, we’ve had to close the sign up form a week early!’ I’m glad I’mContinue reading “Just Too Many!”

Four women I encountered yesterday… Mother: Georgie Eustace from Wolverhampton, is the mother of ‘dichorionic-triamniotic’ triplets – two identical and one fraternal. Her picture was in yesterday’s paper. Georgie said:  ‘Life is crazy and overwhelming. It doesn’t look the way I thought it was going to when we started trying… I do wish there wasContinue reading “Pictures of Four Women…”

On Saturday Norwich played their first league game of the season against West Brom. We had a good first half but failed to score. The second half continued positive but uneventful. In the seventy-fifth minute a West Brom player knocked the ball into the net with his arm. The referee didn’t see the handball; heContinue reading “Football, Fire and Fathers.”

In one corner of our church is a wooden cross with chairs around it. It’s a place for prayer… Yesterday morning Minister-Lou talked about Zacchaeus, the dishonest tax-collector whose life was changed by his encounter with Jesus. At the end of the service Lou’s invitation to go to the ‘cross-corner’ for prayer set me musingContinue reading “The Cross-Corner”

I never cease to be amazed how many people live with sadness. They put on a brave face, but beneath the surface are stories… Past trauma, present burdens, future anxiety… the unforgettable memory, the unescapable daily experience, the inevitable outcome. Yesterday it was a gent who’s been caring for his very sick wife for manyContinue reading “Fix You Revisited”

Often on sale outside many football grounds are ‘half-and-half’ football scarves. One half is in the colours of the home team; the other half is in the colours of their opponents. West Ham United have stated that: ‘…half-and-half scarves and any items displaying the colours or crests of both clubs are permanently banned inside LondonContinue reading “Half-and-Half Football Scarves”