Author Archives: PeterAdmin

At Evensong we sing the two canticles, known in Latin as the Magnificat and the Nunc Dimittis,.  After singing them a couple of weeks back, it struck me how full of thankfulness they both are.  From different perspectives both Mary … Continue reading →

Walk past St George’s, or any school playground, at break or lunch time and what will you see?  Movement.  Lots of it as children run and dodge round the playground.  Chasing, shouting, laughing.  The human brain grows in response to … Continue reading →

Just over a month ago Jan, my wife, and I went down to a concert at the Royal Albert Hall.  Jan had quietly searched the internet and booked the tickets two years before, after I had missed the same concert … Continue reading →

I was waiting to turn right into the road leading down to the back of Stockport station, when I saw it.  A large advertising hoarding advertising Amazon Prime, with the words “Endless entertainment”.  Heaven or hell? I had decided to … Continue reading →

Paying taxes doesn’t have a very good press.  We tend to see them as something negative.  Something imposed upon us.  A necessary evil.  Something over which we don’t have much say.  Perhaps it’s no wonder, given their history. In England,  … Continue reading →

Holy Week is like walking the labyrinth, the story always moving forward, yet doing so with twists and turns.  Going back on itself, but inexorably moving towards the centre, towards a climax.  You might say a revelation. The stories of … Continue reading →

They came this morning in a big, open lorry – tools and barrows in the back – to clear next door’s wilderness.  Their task was to create a new turfed garden in two days.  To cut back all the intertwined … Continue reading →

A single statement can be very powerful.  It can set us on a path of discussion, debate and reflection.  It can lead to our seeing things differently, to a change of heart and to action. I recently came across some … Continue reading →

“Is it an animal?  Is it a vegetable?  Is it a mineral?”  Those were three of the questions asked by the Twenty Questions panel on a quiz programme broadcast on the old Home Service.  They were trying to guess the … Continue reading →

I have never understood why the CEO of a large international company needs a bonus on top of his (or her) very large salary.  Is the job not rewarding enough for them to do their best to help the organisation … Continue reading →