Dear All There have been many social ‘experiments’ tried and tested over the years and each with varying degrees of success. Many books have been written and read and political systems and principles developed on...
Dear All Isn’t it the case that whenever we lose something we try mentally to re-trace our steps to jog our memory? It happens too sometimes that we walk into a room and forget why...
Dear All Have you ever found yourself trying to convince someone about what you are saying and then find the need to offer some kind of ‘guarantee’ that you’re being absolutely truthful? I’m sure on...
Dear All Throughout the bible, we find many references that speak of contrition and humility and their opposite attitudes, pride and arrogance. The ‘contrast’ is stark and how people reveal their respective attitudes influences how...
Dear All Seldom in the news do the best examples of good human behaviour ever grab the headlines, that is until recently of course. Now almost every day we hear of the decency, thoughtfulness and...
Dear All Today’s passage is probably one of the most familiar in the entire bible. It is sung along with another well-known hymn, ‘Abide With Me’, so often at funerals that it has become known...
Dear All There was a lot of snooping going on in the Old Testament and according to Numbers yesterday, and Joshua today, some of the Israelites are at it again. Yesterday we read in the...
Dear All A few short years ago when I was a boy I, along with just about every other boy and girl of my age, went to Sunday School. It was fun. Fun was in...
Dear All At the start of the lockdown, it seemed to me that our new currency would soon be Smartprice or four-ply luxury toilet tissue. Things have changed now and toilet tissue has been replaced...
Dear All It’s early in the morning, 6.14 am to be precise, and I am now writing. I had a quick look at some scientific papers from research as to how music affects the brain...