What ever possessed her to do that? What was in his mind when he did those things? Sometimes we ask that kind of question when something awful has happened; perhaps when a family member has ended a long-term relationship or… Continue Reading
How many of you expected to receive an egg today? Why? Because it is Easter Day and that’s what we give one another on this morning. There are many times when we can expect good things. On our birthdays and… Continue Reading
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