To my surprise and delight this Christmas I was given a beautiful Victorian ‘prie-dieu’. ‘What’s a prie-dieu?’, you may ask.
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Compliments and Encouragements
At our staff Christmas lunch ‘Secret Santa’ gave me a collection of 365 ‘pick-me-ups’ to help me have ‘a really
Continue readingDoes God always give his beloved sleep?
Normally when my head hits the pillow, I fall fast asleep. And for that I am grateful. However, sleep doesn’t
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In Chester Cathedral there is an old clock with the following inscription: When as a child I laughed and wept,
Continue readingThe Word became flesh
The other day I had to have a tooth out – but thank God, before the dentist yanked it out,
Continue readingMy friend John has died
Last week my friend John died – and tomorrow I shall be going to his funeral in Gloucestershire. Alas the
Continue reading100 millionth Bible printed in China
I have just returned from a visit to China, where I was teaching at the Wuhan Seminary in the Central
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As Marie Antoinette, the wife of King Louis XVI of France, approached the guillotine, she accidentally stepped on the foot
Continue readingThe Bath Hole Phenomenon
For part of my time as a student I lived in college ‘digs’. In those days students didn’t enjoy ensuite
Continue readingGrandparents have an important role to play
Growing older has its compensations – not least if it involves having grandchildren! Certainly one of the most rewarding developments
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