What a week! We’ve watched in horror and sadness the unfolding events in Paris. I think the phrase ‘Je suis Charlie’ will be a hallmark of any retrospective on 2015. The events have triggered memories people have had of other events – Sydney, London,…
I sent a Christmas tweet and put a spelling mistake in it. Not on purpose. A bit too bleary eyed I’m afraid. Instead of being on bended knee around the manger and the altar I said ‘blended’. I preached a Christmas Eve sermon at…
I sent my first tweet this week. Yes, I do embrace technology (!) – I just don’t want to drown in it. So after a few years of being a follower, I cautiously ventured into cyberspace with a message to the Humanities Department at…
Spoiler alert – if you haven’t seen the last episode of Doctor Who look away now! In the last episode – the season finale – Clara in her grief goes to extreme lengths to force the Doc-tor to change time and save her boyfriend…
I went out on Thursday night to go into Mildenhall to discover that the A1101 was closed en-tering Mildenhall for road works. I took a detour via Eriswell and got to my destination. Later when getting into the car I said to the people…
My guess is that we’ve ground our teeth at hearing an automated reply to our phone calls; become rather anxious at the robots that can take our money by voice or by pressing buttons; and roll our eyes at the muzak we hear as…
Part of my work at Westfield House is marking. I suppose most teachers do so. Students expect it and generally want feedback. It is easier when assessing content. A tick for ‘Jesus was born in Beth-lehem’ and a cross for ‘Jesus was born in…
One of the first lectures I attended at university was in History. The course was an overview – from the Reformation to the modern day (then the 1970s). I recall the lecturer beginning with Luther and describing him as ‘the right man in the…
Lutherans believe that God continues to make his world go round with people in all seg-ments of society doing their ‘bit’ so that everyone can be fed and clothed, enjoy arts and leisure, and live in peace and justice. Consequently we say that Christians…
Kokoda. Isurava. Eora. Efogi. Brigade Hill. Ioribaiwa. Imita Ridge. These were places I read about in the months leading up to the trek. Villages, mountain ranges, battle sites – still hav-ing the claim as some of the most remote areas in the world –…
