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It’s hard to know how to respond to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the war between Russia and Ukraine, the climate crisis and all the other suffering that human beings inflict on each other.  “Yes…and” is one of the golden rules of … Continue reading →

At the end of last week I was suspended from Facebook – for the second time!  I only joined so that I could watch the live-stream of the Sunday morning service.  This morning I appealed.   Having given them some details,  … Continue reading →

Elon Musk has recently suggested that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will make work redundant.  That human beings will no longer have to work.  It will all be done for us by sophistically programmed machines.   Quite some time ago it was predicted … Continue reading →

I am the victim and you are the aggressor. “A large group of us were crowded into the Gestapo hall, and at that moment the circumstances of all our lives were the same.  All of us occupied the same space, … Continue reading →

“Are we nearly there yet?”  How often has this question come from the back seat of the car.  You’ve only just got on to the motorway and the children want to know if you are nearly at your holiday destination.  … Continue reading →

Sorting through old family photographs, I came across a picture of my grandfather.  He was the son of a Victorian evangelical preacher.  The Bible was big in their house, with a quotation for everything.  Perhaps because he was also a … Continue reading →

Terry (not his real name) was wheeling me along the broad smooth corridors at pace.  We were heading for a CT scan and an X ray.  “Have you been doing this long?” I asked.  “About six months.  I love it.  … Continue reading →

Some tour guides on the bus between Jerusalem and Jericho point to a roadside building and say, “That’s the inn the Good Samaritan took the wounded man to be cared for.”  We all smiled when Canon Nigel Ashworth told us … Continue reading →

Autumn is in the air.  It’s that little bit cooler.  Flowers are fading and a few leaves are turning and dropping.  Days are shorter.  Holidays are coming to an end.   It can feel a bit melancholy.  For many young people … Continue reading →

I remember hearing about a church clock that, at midday, struck thirteen.  Workers in the fields did not possess timepieces, but they could hear the church clock.  The first strike was to get their attention.  Most of the time the … Continue reading →