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Small children often go through a phase of asking “Why?” in response to everything they are asked to do.  It can become very wearing and we can end up saying, “Because I say so”.  I pondered on the power of … Continue reading →

We decided to do our count for last weekend’s RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch at lunchtime on Sunday.  We could sit at the table and eat our lunch mindfully and watch.  The patio doors and windows would give us a … Continue reading →

“Be nice to one another.  Be kind”.  It’s the sort of thing that we say when we’ve intervened between two squabbling children.  The word ‘kind’ can come across as a bit soft and fluffy.  Yet it’s more than that. Last … Continue reading →

As human beings we are tempted to think in straight lines.  Indeed in many ways we are encouraged to do so.  In school we proceed from one year group into the next.  We are encouraged to think about the career … Continue reading →

So here we are in January, the month named after the Roman god Janus, who, having two heads, was able to see in two directions at the same time .  As the janitor of the heavens, he decided who could … Continue reading →

How did you get on with sending your Christmas cards?  Perhaps you don’t send cards, or, like me, you have a list that is getting a little shorter each year and still you race to catch the post. The first … Continue reading →

Ted is delighted.  On The Lane you can get a giant bar – and I mean giant.  It’s about 30 centimetres long – of his favourite Cadbury’s chocolate for £2.50.  It’s a bargain and he can eat it all at … Continue reading →

What a wonderful paradox that the barren, harsh, empty desert is really a place from which renewal and change comes.  Luke tells us that John found his inspiration and his voice in the wilderness and went about ‘proclaiming a baptism … Continue reading →

I found myself reflecting on the Prime Minister’s desire to ‘save Christmas’. A decree went through all the land To save Christmas. From what?  For what?  We knew not. A poster with a red hatted, Finger pointing Prime Minister Told … Continue reading →

Advent, the season leading us up to Christmas, is a time of waiting, of expectation, of moving towards.  A time when we are called to be awake and watchful.  As the well-known chorale, echoing Isaiah, urges us, “’Sleepers wake!  For … Continue reading →