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Talking Point – June 2023
I AM AN expert at losing things – phones, watches, earrings, keys, hearing aids, purse, you name it. One minute it is in my hand, the next it is nowhere to be found. The other […]
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Talking Point – May 2023
Walking with Jesus forever ON 16 JULY 1969, the Apollo 11 space flight began and history was made four days later when the first humans landed on the Moon. Charlie Duke was the voice on […]
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Talking Point – April 2023
What does Easter mean? APRIL ALWAYS coincides with the Easter period in the Christian Calendar. But what does Easter mean? I want to approach the question by asking you to look at the image accompanying […]
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Talking Point – March 2023
A day of mixed emotions I WONDER what you do on Mothering Sunday? Is it a special day for you in some way? Does it involve cards, visits, presents? Is it a happy day? Or […]
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Talking Point – February 2023
TURN, TURN, TURN TO EVERYTHING (turn, turn, turn) there is a season (turn, turn, turn)… You almost certainly know the tune, and now have the words running through your mind like an unstoppable freight train. […]
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Talking Point – January 2023
It’s not fair! SITTING IN my chair on a cool November afternoon, I paused to consider what might be interesting to share with you. Considering what I will write will not be read until the […]
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Talking Point – December 2022
Remembering what Christmas is about ‘CHRISTMAS COMES but once a year’ – yet it always seems to come around more quickly than expected, despite being the best-known date in the UK calendar! So, no doubt […]
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Talking Point – November 2022
Giant steps are what we take, walking on the moon I REMEMBER watching the Apollo 11 moon landing with my parents. On 20 July 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men to […]
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Talking Point – October 2022
ON 18 OCTOBER each year, the Church remembers St Luke, writer of the third Gospel. St Paul names Luke as a physician, so he is known as the patron saint of medics and surgeons. We […]
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Talking Point – September 2022
A GIFT FROM GOD For parents, the month of September brings relief and delight – relief that the children are going back to school, and delight in their learning, growing and blossoming through their education. […]