I was born in a narrow Victorian mid terrace house, with two modest rooms on each of three floors. It had ridiculously steep staircases which we would delight in flying down using pillowcases as sledges. It had a freezing outside toilet and a miniscule garden out the back. It was at the top of three…
He lifted his hand up off the reigns and stretched his arm out towards the sun almost exactly ahead of him. With the width of his palm, he measured the distance the sun still had to travel down to the tops of the hills. Just one finger width, just about enough time to travel one…
Royal Kentish Camino – Canterbury to Folkestone 11/12th October 2025 Earlier this year I lost a friend to suicide. I had known Will since we were civil war reenactors together in the early 2000’s. I had lost touch with him for a while I was out of the country but had fairly recently reconnected and…
The address reflects on the pain and confusion surrounding suicide, highlighting our struggles to understand it. It emphasizes faith in God’s care during times of grief and reassures that the departed are now at peace. The speaker encourages remembrance of good memories and trusting God for healing and support in the future.
Day7 #fastandprayerKyiv This will be my last day of fasting, but my prayers will continue. Whilst praying for Kyiv and the suffering of the millions in Ukraine, the Russians have bombed houses and hospitals, towns and theatres, and the suffering has been appalling and unnecessary, evil and unjustified. Yet Ukraine is still undefeated, and the…
Day 5 #fastandprayerkyiv “Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,” says the LORD.” Jeremiah 6:15 My dreams last night took me again to Kyiv.…
Day 2 #fastandprayerkyiv Last night I had a particularly vivid dream. I was casually watching some soldiers as if in a war film or computer game; they picked up a rocket launcher and blew a hole in the side of a building, my sight zoomed in and I noted their professionalism and the ease of…
A thought for Palm Sunday. My office mug has the message ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’ copied from an unused Government poster prepared in case of German invasion in WWII. This poster was never formally issued but was rediscovered recently and spawned numerous copies, tea towels, mugs, and spin-offs. The ‘Keep Calm and Carry On’…
3 men die and get to heaven, who is good enough to get in?.. So often we get confused by the gospel, but really it is simple. We don’t have to be good enough, we just have to believe and trust in Jesus who has already done all that we need to receive God’s love…
When I was an Engineer in my 20’s, I was the Project Manager for the Power Substations that supplied both the Midland Metro (Birmingham) and Manchester Metro Tram systems. My company supplied and installed all the equipment needed to provide the 750 volt DC power for the trams. You can’t run a modern tram off…
According to this weeks’ Time Magazine, it is better to be ‘single’ on Valentine’s Day than in a relationship. The logic is that for single people there is less chance of disappointment. They don’t risk receiving a gift they don’t value, or worse still discover their partner has given no gift or card at all……
An address for Crewkerne Remembrance Sunday Service at St Bartholomew’s Church. The stole I am wearing today (that is the coloured scarf that vicars wear to remind us of Jesus washing the disciples’ feet and of our service to others) was given to me by a man called Father Angus Robson. He had become a…
Last week I was on the train home from London. For most of my journey I shared a table with a lovely lady who like me had rushed to get the earlier train and had been to the city for the day. She had been to see a NHS specialist and was pleased with her…
This Sunday in Churches across the world we celebrated Pentecost. On the first Pentecost, Peter newly filled with the Holy Spirit as promised by Jesus, stood among the crowds in Jerusalem and quoted this prophecy. ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy,…
This week Google’s robotic cars were given permission to drive on public roads and Amazon laid out its plans to use Drones to deliver packages in California. The car manufacturers were keen to declare that the cars were being driven manually when any previous accidents have occurred. There is no doubt that the automated systems…
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