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Last Saturday evening I played a game of Happy Families with my granddaughter.  Here it was a dark late Autumn evening.  With her the sun was shining.  It was breakfast time on a late Spring day.  She was on one … Continue reading →

It’s the season when every presenter on television and their guests are wearing a red poppy.  I wonder if anyone ever refuses or says they would prefer to wear a white poppy – or both. 1914-1918 “In August 1915, at … Continue reading →

The Bible doesn’t say much about football, but it says a fair amount about wealth, power, corruption, justice and freedom. Doha, capital of the tiny gulf state of Qatar, is hardly a hotbed of high level football – but Qatar … Continue reading →

I just heard about a very rich man who collects art.  He has built himself an underground bunker to house all the paintings in.  They are on display in this underground gallery, but you can only see them by private … Continue reading →

A Harvest Reflection Yes, tins and packets for Wellspring to save lives.  But no smell of harvest to uplift the soul.  No bright apples and squashes to gladden the eye.  No sheaves of corn to remind us of our daily … Continue reading →

Last Friday we went to see the film Fisherman’s Friends: One and All.  It’s the second film made about the Fisherman’s Friends musical group from Port Isaac on the North Cornwall coast.  Though it’s a fictional story, it’s based on … Continue reading →

A man went into a pet shop.  He asked the man behind the counter, “Do you sell wasps?” “No.”  “Well, you’ve got one in the window!” Did you smile at this joke, or did you groan?  We all have our … Continue reading →

We were driving up the hill just outside Whitchurch on the A49 when I had the thought, “everything runs out of steam”.  Not, at first glance, a particularly profound thought.  But as I reflected, it did seem that it did … Continue reading →

“Everything is changing round here.”  I was walking about half a mile from our house to collect a Stockport County Supporters’ calendar for the new season.  I went past large Victorian villas and rows of semis and terraces.  Houses for … Continue reading →

Last Sunday it was my turn to lead the prayers at the 10.15 service.   We have the readings in advance so that we can reflect on these passages of scripture.  They, in turn, can inform our prayers.  It’s good to … Continue reading →