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Helen and I were expecting a phone call from her oncologist tomorrow morning. But she phoned late this afternoon with good news! Last Thursday’s scan shows that the swollen lymph nodes in her chest are smaller (and no new ones are visible). Also the cancer nodules in her lungs were hardly detectable. And her immunityContinue reading “Thank you …”

It’s been a weekend of remembering as the nation celebrated the 75th anniversary of VE Day. Stories have been retold, archive footage broadcast and old songs given a makeover – all designed to stir memories along with a sense of gratitude. May 2020 holds a special significance for me as I celebrate a golden anniversary.Continue reading “Fifty Years On …”

I did warn you, and now I’ve done it. Here’s my first ever YouTube on my channel … Go on, I dare you!

During the course of a conversation with the leaders of Worle Baptist Church (we were ‘interviewing’ each other I seem to remember), I stated that I was committed to ‘life long learning’. Little did I know what that would turn out to look like. I guess I was sending out the signal that I wasn’tContinue reading “Life long learning?”

Not able to meet as a church, self-isolation … it might be all new to many of us. But not to others in other parts of the world. And at a time when the news is practically all about Coronvirus in the UK, it’s good to see something of the bigger picture. I invite youContinue reading “Open Doors”

Evidence suggests that significantly more people are logging in to online worship services than would usually worship within church buildings (online platforms are useful for recording numbers of those watching). And faced with issues of life and death raised by the current crisis, opportunities (both online and off) to point to the hope that weContinue reading “Have you tried praying?”

I’ve just finished reading two books, one much longer than the other. The shorter one is a very recent publication with the title ‘Where is God in a Coronvirus World?’. Its author John Lennox is an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow in Mathematics and the Philosophy of ScienceContinue reading “A Painful Read ?”

Saturday of Holy Week was, of course, the Sabbath, which on this occasion was something of a vacuum, a ‘nothing day’ that kept Friday and Sunday apart. Nothing much happening, nothing to be done. It was a day throughout which heaven and earth held its breath. A day of wait and see … Waiting canContinue reading “Wait and See”

It has been said that greatness, in Christian terms, is not measured by how many people are serving you but by how many you yourself are serving. Jesus astonished his disciples when he disrobed and washed their feet (John 13:1-17). This was a menial task for a low-ranking servant. But Jesus knew his place: “HeContinue reading “One Anothering”

Mark 11:12 refers to the day following Palm Sunday while 11:20 refers to what we would call Tuesday. At 14:1, the Feast of Unleavened Bread is two days away, so it’s still Tuesday. The next time reference is 14:12 with the first day of the Feast which is Thursday (Maundy Thursday). So what happened onContinue reading “Time Out?”