Quite some years ago I used to enjoy the late Terry Wogan’s breakfast programme on Radio 2. His easy style and gentle wit combined with a keen and perceptive understanding of people in general. I never heard, or saw, him raise his voice in anger yet he had a way[…]
Five invitations I apologise for the fact that I am not about to invite you to five gatherings. This title comes from a book I am currently working my way through. I put it this way, rather than saying I am reading it, because it is not an easy read.[…]
Asking the question, “Is it black or is it white”, is asking about polar opposites and frequently the answer may be that it is neither, it is somewhere in between. This will mean any shade at all on that spectrum which puts me in mind of the recent book made[…]
When I was a young lassie there was a song in the pop charts which was played, and sung, a lot. This was not because it’s words were profound or it’s music exceptional but rather because it was one of those rather banal records, with a catchy tune and nursery[…]
I should begin by saying that what follows is merely the scribblings of some of the thoughts floating around inside my head this morning. You are invited to examine them critically against your own understanding of Scripture. My thoughts took an unexpected turn into the realm of forgiveness and the[…]
Several weeks ago I was flicking through the pages of the Radio Times to choose an article to read when I happened to stop at the page written by the Sports journalist. About to turn over, the text caught my eye and he quoting the late author, Ernest Hemingway, on[…]
We had a good chuckle recently when it was Hubert’s birthday. One of his presents was a mug, and on it were the words ‘YOU DON’T SCARE ME, I’VE GOT TWO DAUGHTERS’. It may be, like us, you have an assorted collection of mugs accumulated over the years and at[…]
I wonder what image you conjured up when you read this title, I hope you didn’t think this was going to be piece about doggie mishaps, if so, wrong; or perhaps you thought of the old saying ‘fools rush in where in angels fear to tread’. Well, that could apply[…]
We are currently watching the television programme A Vicar’s Life. A vicar who features prominently in the programme is shown at the beginning of each programme declaring forcefully “people do not go to church any more in this country”. Well, we know that he is generalising but I wish his[…]
No prizes for guessing that I am writing this after eating a very good Christmas Day lunch several days ago, courtesy of our elder daughter who has been married for long enough to have got it down to a fine art. She was taught, of course, by her mother. It[…]