In the world of manuscripts, papyri and scrolls, material before the printing press, I have mentioned on numerous occasions that I’d like to be the one who wandering some cave or antique store in Turkey came across a pretty well preserved copy of the…
When you’re preaching you want to communicate and concentrate on the message – getting it right – while seeing faces looking in your direction and you notice reactions even as you’re moving on to the next point. I still remember the first time I…
These days, my car tells me what’s wrong and if the signal lights are red I’m supposed to take notice! Ok, the light was orange, the buzzer noisy, and I could read the words about the tyre pressure (low). I use my car a…
It is nice to keep learning; to gain a new insight; to grow in understanding. That happened to me at Pastors’ Study Week this past week on a few occasions. The pastors bring their experiences and perspectives, our book study (Jonathan Haidt’s ‘The Anxious…
I finished transferring all our family dates – births, baptisms, anniversaries, deaths – onto our 2025 calendar this week and included some dear friends and events we don’t want to forget. Ok, I started it in January (!) but only did up to February…
Some songs just hit home; resonate with you; ‘grab’ you. You hear versions of songs and meanings and a person’s life on the BBC’s Desert Island Discs. I came across Lewis Capaldi’s, ‘Someone You Loved’ by an algorithm shortly after the song was released….
My past two weeks have had their share of queues – mainly in airports, waiting for something to happen – to deposit bags, to enter the security area, to be scanned, to go through passport control, to get a coffee, to board the plane,…
This is the message I gave at the VE Service (8th May) at the 11:00am Remembrance Service at the Mildenhall Cenotaph. It was based on Micah 4:1-4 particularly v.3 – “He shall judge between many peoples, and shall decide disputes for strong nations far away;…
I’m not sure why I woke but I had a sense that something had happened with my phone. If it rings at 2:00am it is not for good news is my experience. I blearily looked at it and there had been no phone call…
