Of all our faculties, sight is one that most us value very highly. Our eyes inform us of the world around; they give us the ability to drive cars, watch television, read books and papers and use our phones and… Continue Reading
I grew up on a small holding part of which my father used to grow vegetables which he sold mostly to local shops. He kept a little grey Fergie which for the uninitiated is a famous tractor developed in the… Continue Reading
In most circumstances, the birth of a child is cause for great joy. Amidst all the excitement and stress, there remains a spiritual quality to the experience as a new living being arrives in the world and joins his or… Continue Reading
The way in which we are spoken to can make a real difference to how we react, the way in which our relationship with that person develops. A friend was telling me the other day about fire officers coming to… Continue Reading
What’s in a name? Well quite a lot actually. Only last week, I was working with others trying to come up with a name for a new occasional time of worship for very young children. Did we call it ‘New… Continue Reading
If you travel south from Nantwich on minor roads, you will come across brown tourist signs pointing you in the direction of a secret bunker. Not so secret now! In its heyday in the 1950’s, the underground complex at Hack… Continue Reading
‘Blessed’ is not a word we hear or use much. We may speak of someone being ‘fortunate’ or ‘lucky’ or even ‘loaded’. We might use the word instead of a much worse one beginning with ‘b’; ‘that blessed tap’s dripping… Continue Reading
What ever our experience of life, there is always particular satisfaction to be gained in a job well done. For the train driver, it will be the journey where she kept to time, pulling into each station along the route… Continue Reading
One hundred years ago today, the last soldiers went ‘over the top’ at 4.20am. At 5.00am, The Armistice was signed in a railway carriage in the Forest of Compiegne, Northern France. At 11. o’clock on the 11th day of the… Continue Reading
Love is one of the most over worked words in the English language. We use it to express our views on our favourite foods, films and clothes. The trouble is that he loves chocolate too much. My kids can’t get… Continue Reading