I don’t like the windscreen wipers on the constant regular setting. Swipe. Wipe. Swipe. Wipe. I much prefer to have the wipers on intermittently. Of course, if the rain is heavy, I have no option but to have them on constantly but it’s just…
I took some reading with me to Australia. I figured I’d be travelling quite a bit and catching up on a book or a magazine would be good to do. I came across the following – a segment of ‘A Christmas Sermon’ by Phillips…
I listen to the annual Boyer Lectures. These are a lecture series presented by the Australian Broadcasting Commission whereby prominent Australians speak on a topic to stimulate en-gagement and discussion. They were modelled, I believe, on the BBC’s Reith Lectures. (I’ve thought both are…
The village magazine was popped through the letter box yesterday. It is a small, colourful, well put together publication – full of local news, history, sports results, nature articles, and what is happening in the community from the point of view of the local…
I remember when blogs were starting on the internet. Back in the 1990s the Lutheran Church of Australia had one going for pastors. I dutifully signed up and joined in but after a short while I left the group. Maybe it was me and…
I arrived back in the UK to the news of the South Yorkshire flooding. Property destruction and deaths are devastating. I arrived back in the UK to pick up the news that the bushfires in Aus-tralia had got worse (and there had been considerable…
I didn’t expect the question. The conversation was the suddenness of Jesus’ reappearance – how the world will be turning and there will be eating and drinking, giving birth and dying, making love and making war, buy and selling and so on and then…
Back at work now, I’m back on the road quite a bit. There are lots of road works happening and I’ve noticed the progress made. As with any regular travelling, you come to know the ‘local conditions’ – when to leave home so as…
At your ordination you don’t really know what you’re getting into. It’s quite similar to marriage, I think. In both you have what you think are good and realistic ideas about how you got to the altar and what will happen afterwards – but…
Michael has been a popular archangel among both Jews and Christians. According to Revelation 12, he led the heavenly army against Lucifer before the creation of the world, and according to a very old belief, it is Michael who receives the souls of the…
