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Jigsaw of life

Psalm 104 v 24“O Lord, what a variety of things you have made! In wisdom you have made them all.” I love doing jigsaws and I’ve done and redone quite a few during this last year. I particularly like land and seascapes. When I start a puzzle, I sort the pieces into the outside ones and…

God’s interpreter

God’s interpreter  by George and Helen Jesze  Kingsway, 1984  190 pages  £ 2 available secondhand    ISBN 978 0 860 652 861 Several things become immediately apparent when starting to read this fascinating book which is full of interest. Firstly, the author’s amazing command of the English language – the style is fluent and idiomatic, the…

Small Steps

We have been in lockdown now since 23rd March 2020, for many of us this means a complete change of circumstance, daily living, affording things and maintaining a health relationship with our families. There are so many people who cannot wait to be free, will run headlong into the wind, thinking that all of the…

Trinity – The Icon

As some of you will know, I spent some time in hospital recently.  It’s amazing what you think of in that situation, and one of the pictures which kept coming into my head was of an icon I was shown during a Quiet Day at Otley Hall. Icons are images used in the Orthodox Church…

Changing seats

Bible Reading 1 Peter 3:8Finally, all of you, be like-minded, be sympathetic, love one another, be compassionate and humble The story is told about a plainly dressed man who entered a church in the Netherlands and took a seat near the front. A few minutes later a woman walked down the aisle, saw the stranger in the place…

Tree tops

You may not be prepared to pay for the view from my desk but it never ceases to interest me. In these ordinary trees I see the changing seasons and although sometimes I have a surprise when something like a woodpecker comes to call, some of my best entertainment is provided by the wood pigeons.…