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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
Don’t ‘go it alone’! THIS MONTH is a special one, marking a first for our nation: an extra bank holiday to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee. Seventy years of service to the United Kingdom […]
Suprised by the light I HOPE that, as you read this, the weather is turning warmer and brighter, and that May is full of flowers, joy, and sunshine. This morning I found myself in a […]
Dr Alison Johnston, Caversham Bridge, 2017 (Editors Login)