One of the great delights of a life in the ministry is the ecumenical Good Friday walk of witness. Over the years I have discovered that being a minister of multiple Churches causes me a bit of a problem and I have become the master of holding a service in one Methodist church and as…
Way back in the days before package holidays overseas, most people took their holidays in this country. I remember a family friend, going to Nigeria and following the holiday, she showed her slides from her holiday at an event in the Church. I remember being enthralled by a picture she had taken out of the…
I could only have been seven or eight at the time, when my brother and I were dragged along to a Church meeting where the adults were talking about building a new Sunday School building. I can’t remember how much the building was going to cost, but I can remember the amount being way outside…
We have taken a few days off during the week and on Thursday we were in Gret Yarmouth, which was a red-letter day for the town. After years of lobbying, agreement to create a new river crossing was granted in 2018, legal work took longer than expected and work eventually started in January 2020. During…
I thank God that every so often I come across a person that most would condemn as being eccentric, a bit of a weirdo, somebody to be laughed at. I first came across John Burkhill when we were on holiday in Yorkshire last summer, he featured on the Yorkshire Television magazine show Calendar and at…
We hear so often about all the negative aspects of social media and some people see these websites as being evil, but they have opened a window to me that I value. One of the groups I belong to is “Calverley Memories” the page about the village in West Yorkshire where I grew up. I…
I love the books written by the Yorkshire vet Alf Wight or “James Herriot” as we know him. I think that the man is a genius to have the idea of writing the stories of his experiences of working as a rural vet. I remember laughing when I first read them, I loved the film…
One of my many “favourite places in the world” is Porthcurno in Cornwall and I love standing at the Minack Theatre and looking down at the crystal blue sea, yet another corner of heaven for me. I remember the first time I ever visited the place; it was May 1982; I was staying at the…
We had a Circuit Service at the beginning of Advent, I had the privilege of being able to sit in the congregation and be led by others. It was a wonderful experience and as we drove home, Karen and I were thrilled with all that we had just experienced. Why did it work so well?…
One of the great advantages of living where we do is that we get the full benefit of some amazing sun rises, particularly during the autumn and winter seasons. I am inspired often to take pictures like the one above as the sun starts to break through the clouds and paint some amazing pictures in…