Pastor's Thoughts

During Christmas, food occupies our minds and mouths on a regular basis. If we aren’t eating breakfast, lunch or dinner or tucking into a late-night snack, you can `bet your bottom dollar` we are munching on sweets, chocolates, peanuts, crisps, mince pies, biscuits, Christmas cake, even leftover col...

Throughout the year, Debbie and I love playing games, but especially over Christmas. Yes, as soon as Christmas `kicks in` out pop the board, dice, card, electronic, verbal or written games, even more so, if anyone comes to visit. The fun, people’s competitive spirit, banter, humour and laughter alwa...

Have you ever tried to reserve a table at a restaurant or try and book a room at a hotel and you were told they were fully booked, or even tried to get tickets for a football match, the theatre or the opera but all were sold out? I`m sure we can say` yes` at various stages in our lives. And it can b...

With the World Cup starting later today, all the talk has been about who will win the football tournament and how will England fare. Pundits, journalists, commentators and fans from all over the world will be tuning in, as well as over one million fans expected to travel to Qatar to cheer on their c...

I was watching `The Pride of Britain` awards on ITV recently, a show committed to honouring people who showed Sacrificial Love by acting bravely or with extraordinary determination, in the circumstances they found themselves in. Yes, heroic people who gave everything to helping and saving others no ...

So, yesterday was officially Firework Night although it  tends to be more like, `Fireworks month` if our neighbourhood is anything to go by. I always like a good fireworks display, even more so, if I do it myself. I find the best place for a good, free fireworks display is on the M4. Comin...

Once again, we see a change in Government as a new Prime Minster was elected. Yes, last week Rishi Sunak replaced Liz Truss who only recently replaced Boris Johnson and all in a matter of a few weeks. Yesterday, there was more change as the clocks went back. Over the past two years, we have seen mor...

A Mother`s Hands: long, delicate, gentle fingers that are never idle and always involved in some form of selfless work meeting the needs of the family. Never resting, never switched-off but always looking for what needs to be done, and from dawn to dusk those sensitive yet durable hands go into over...