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16 April 2020 When I heard about ‘lockdown’, I thought “What a wonderful chance to get some work done—if only I, or someone near to me doesn’t become ill”.  As I am retired, by “work” I meant preparing for “BAP”—the … Continue reading →

Anyone who knows me will tell you that I am a busy person and like so many retired people, I have no idea how I found time to go to work. Realistically we take on many more things in retirement … Continue reading →

If you’re anything like me, Biblical narrative creates images of each particular scene in your mind’s eye. In a poem about the Nativity I suggested that the “… acute mind’s eye forms images that centuries of art have fashioned”. In … Continue reading →

When I was a child, there were incidents in the Passion narrative that didn’t make sense to my young mind. In particular, why the crowd demanded the release of Barabbas rather than Jesus – why on earth would they do … Continue reading →

Over this period of Lent and now lock down, I have had several books on the go and my head has been swirling with thoughts about “things too wonderful for me” (Job 42:3).  One of the books I have been … Continue reading →

Martin B. Copenhaver has written a book called ‘Jesus is the Question – The 307 Questions Jesus Was Asked and The 3 He Answered’. He has concluded that Jesus was asked 307 questions, but only directly answered three. I’m glad … Continue reading →

Who said patience was a virtue? Well patience is variously mentioned in the Bible as one of the fruits of the Spirit in Galatians 5:22,one of the gifts of the spirit in love in 1 Corinthians 13 and the letter … Continue reading →

Now I know that this is cheating, but I can’t resist this item from a Church Times supplement: The immediacy of the present threat is, in the present age, unprecedented. There are parallels, however, in other existential threats that humanity … Continue reading →

I do hope that the Panorama article from 1957 lightened your mood this morning.

It is not only in Britain that spring, this year, has taken everyone by surprise. Here in the Ticino, on the borders of Switzerland and Italy, the slopes overlooking Lake Lugano have already burst into flower at least a fortnight … Continue reading →