Why do we remember John the Baptist at this time?  Doesn’t he belong in Lent with the Baptism of Christ? John reminds us of the need  for self-examination and for saying we are sorry.  John ‘s baptism was one of repentance.  This gives us comfort and hope – God is always ready to forgive us…

I mentioned a few weeks ago my love for the James Herriott books and over the years I have enjoyed reading the books and watching the films and two television series based on his stories.  Alf Wight, the author is reputed to have been a very entertaining story teller, recounting his early experiences as a…

This year social interaction has changed for us all. We can no longer greet our friends with a hug or even a hand shake.  We have learnt to socially distance, we have experienced more outside  gatherings and historically, it has been the birth of video telephony. All of these changes have meant an absence of…

Sometime ago there was an International Arts Exhibition, and it included a tremendous range of modern technology, and some of it was quite spectacular, but also involved noise which was distracting.  The architects were set the massive task of preparing this exhibition and to create the atmosphere for each exhibit.  One problem they had was…

The other day the announcement of the approval of the first, we hope of more than one, COVID vaccine lifted spirits. Then a petty point scoring exchange started over bragging about being light on our feet as a country, while others say we are light on scrutiny. UK Regulators are highly responsible people and though…