“Start as you mean to go on” has often been one of my favourite phrases. I say it to myself when I need motivation for starting something new. I have used it to spur myself on to live with real integrity – it’s no good doing something non-ideal now, in order to reach a situation where I no longer need to do…
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Rector’s Blog (Page 8)
As you might imagine, I get asked a lot of questions. Some of them are very straightforward: “Do I have to book before I come to Church?” No! Just come along! “Can I talk to someone about having my child baptised or getting married in Church?” Yes! Our contact details are below, but why not…
As I write this column my garden is getting the first rainfall in about a month. It’s desperately needed — the lawn is the colour of straw, bare patches are starting to appear and some of my young veg plants are struggling to thrive. We take it for granted, but when water is in short…
The violence and terror that many people in the world endure on a daily basis, visited our shores again a few days ago. A young man, his head filled with hatred for anyone who didn’t share his poisonous Islamist ideology, detonated a bomb at a pop concert killing 22 and injuring many more. Many of…
There’s a new phrase which has hit the headlines recently: Fake News. I wonder if you’ve noticed it? It started in the USA when Donald Trump and his team started using it to question the credibility of newspapers and TV News Channels, including the BBC, when they didn’t get the coverage they had hoped for.…