Journeys are often good times to share conversations. I’m sure you can all remember a lengthy train or car journey in which you have talked through many things either with your nearest and dearest or may be a complete stranger.… Continue Reading
Not many of us are published authors, but most of us tell stories. Are you longing for the time when you can sit at a café table with some friends again and share a good yarn? Chatting on the phone,… Continue Reading
It’s the time of year for sowing seeds. Even if you’re not the world’s greatest gardener can I encourage you sow something in the next few weeks? While many restrictions remain in place and we have less to look forward… Continue Reading
Last week, the BBC reported that women generally have found coping with the pandemic more challenging than men. While men are 18% more likely to die from the virus, women admit to struggling with the fallout, mothers even more. Trying… Continue Reading
Do you like to hear a good story? Most of us do. I could say we all like a bit a gossip; to get the ‘hanes’ in Welsh. Who’s your favourite storyteller? You might come up with famous writers such… Continue Reading
Use an egg as visual aid. In a few weeks we are going to be seeing a lot of these, perhaps not quite like this one but of the chocolate variety . It reminds us of new birth, Easter, spring, … Continue Reading
‘-for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet.’ (Jeremiah 18.18) This was an old saying in Israel quoted by the prophet Jeremiah. In times when we seem to lack… Continue Reading
Our reading today comes from the beginning of Mark’s gospel. We will be dipping into this fast-moving account of Jesus’ life quit a lot this year. We find Jesus and some of the disciples in Capernaum on the northern shores… Continue Reading
Have you ever played the board game ‘Cluedo’? It has always been a firm favourite in our household. The aim of the game is to find out which of the characters committed murder with what implement in what room of… Continue Reading
What are your plans for Christmas? Usually, that would be an entirely innocent question in mid-November. By this point in the year most of us would have already made our arrangements for Christmas: the parties and lunches would be booked,… Continue Reading