A POCKET FULL OF CALM IN THE NOISE OF EVERYDAY LIFE. THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS OF A 40 SOMETHING CHRISTIAN, SPORTING A POCKET SQUARE, WORKING OUT HIS PLACE IN MINISTRY, WHILST REFLECTING ON THE MODERN WORLD.
Like many I was profoundly shocked by the awful news of the violence in the Christchurch Mosque in New Zealand last week. I was however sadly not completely surprised. I have been aware for sometime that there is a concerted and global effort to threaten our diversity within community. Sadly, this has been magnified and…
It was a damp and somewhat inauspicious Saturday morning earlier this autumn that saw me making a short pilgrimage with other members of Great St Mary’s, to rural Suffolk. I was a little nervous as I knocked on the ancient door and somewhat mischievously conjured in my mind images of strangers seeking shelter at the spooky…
I have spent the last 30 days surrounded by a host of larger than life faces watching my every move. Before you ask, no it is not the latest reality TV offering from Channel 5, but instead the lot of a guardian of an art exhibition. After a chance (or perhaps not) meeting, the…
How quickly were the days following that Easter Sunday and soon I was no longer thinking about drain covers, wobbly pavements and even wobblier political policies (although to be completely honest, I think once you have been a Councillor, you don’t really ever stop noticing those things. Indeed the civic geek in me used to…
