I have just completed a jigsaw puzzle, not the amazing type with hundreds of pieces, or of a beautiful scene nor a picture from the past with an old stream train or cars going through it.  No, not even one of those fiendishly difficult puzzles of a plate of baked beans, or spaghetti with every…

For years I thought that a successful Church was one that was filled to capacity every Sunday, as a teenager I used to look around our local chapel and dream of the day when I would see the place packed to capacity every Sunday, sadly the only times I saw that happen was on special…

Over the last couple of weeks my patience has been really tested. I had to wait a long time at the hospital; Ray, my husband, had to wait to see the dentist and I was waiting for him in the car. We were to have a Smart meter fitted on a sunny afternoon and he didn’t turn…

Jonah wanted to watch what happened to Nineveh. He went out to a vantage point and made himself a shelter to protect himself from the sun while he boiled with rage at God’s mercy.  A large, leafy plant grew quickly and sheltered him adding to the comfort of his viewing platform. Then a worm chewed…

Lee Atwater was a well-known figure in U.S. politics. He engineered the successful 1988 presidential campaign of George H.W. Bush and was the head of the Republican National Committee (1988-10991). But in the midst of all his activities he developed an inoperable brain tumour and died at the age of 40. During his illness, Atwater came…

There was a time when masks were worn by actors to portray a character in a play – an animal, a bird, a monster. Children love making and wearing masks for fancy dress parties, and aristocrats in a bygone era wore masks to balls. Surgeons and theatre nurses wear masks to perform operations, and those…