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The novelist Aldous Huxley wrote, somewhat apologetically,“It’s a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one’s life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than ‘try to … Continue reading →

At the start of a new year we have often set ourselves challenges.  We’ve decided that there are  things we can do better, changes to be made and new things to achieve.  We are full of good intentions. About now … Continue reading →

Abba Poeman said about Abba Pior that every single day he made a fresh beginning.  That’s one Desert Father speaking of another back in the 5th century.  Abba Pior was  able to leave behind all yesterday’s concerns, anxieties, failures and … Continue reading →

“How will you your Christmas keep?”  This is the first line of a poem by Eleanor Farjeon, author of the hymn ‘Morning Has Broken’. It crept into my head when I was reflecting on the pressures and the pleasures that … Continue reading →

When did you first hear of Black Friday?  A ploy dreamed up by retail executives in the US to sell more goods, has rapidly spread over here.  What about Giving Tuesday? Where did that come from?  Again, it was a … Continue reading →

It’s understandable that we celebrate the coming of the light at Christmas.  In the build up to the celebration of the Nativity we light an Advent candle each Sunday and already tree lights and decorations are twinkling in windows and … Continue reading →

How many followers have you got on your Twitter account?  How many ‘likes’ have you received on your Facebook page? We all want to know that we are liked and accepted.  At an unconscious level we are regularly checking that … Continue reading →

Last Saturday evening I played a game of Happy Families with my granddaughter.  Here it was a dark late Autumn evening.  With her the sun was shining.  It was breakfast time on a late Spring day.  She was on one … Continue reading →

It’s the season when every presenter on television and their guests are wearing a red poppy.  I wonder if anyone ever refuses or says they would prefer to wear a white poppy – or both. 1914-1918 “In August 1915, at … Continue reading →

The Bible doesn’t say much about football, but it says a fair amount about wealth, power, corruption, justice and freedom. Doha, capital of the tiny gulf state of Qatar, is hardly a hotbed of high level football – but Qatar … Continue reading →