Today is a national day of Reflection in the UK. There will be a minutes silence at 12 noon. This day has been chosen as it marks the first anniversary from the first lockdown in response to the pandemic. Other countries will have their own anniversaries and key dates but this is ours. And we... Continue Reading →
Struggling towards the light
I have learnt a spiritual lesson from growing potatoes. Just when they begin to show little green shoots just above the surface of the soil like this: you are supposed to dump another inch or two of soil on top of them! I was so excited to see these little shoots begin to appear, it... Continue Reading →
Bamboozled
This week I have been totally bamboozled-twice! Firstly in a conversation with a marketing consultant about the best way to use social media and secondly, in a conversation with a retired gentleman running a community allotment. Digital communication and gardening. https://twitter.com/PeterJohnPeople/status/723517764468613120 Not subjects that have too much in common but in both conversations I found... Continue Reading →
No such thing as ‘ordinary time’
At the start of this week my Lectionary (it's a set of readings for the Anglican church) told me we were now in 'ordinary time'. This means we are not in a period of the church year leading up to a major festival such as Christmas, Easter or Pentecost (which was last Sunday). So we... Continue Reading →