Talking Point

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 […]

What is Easter? AS I AM WRITING, looking at my garden, I am seeing many signs of Spring, signs of new life: the last of the snowdrops are hanging on, and soon crocuses and daffodils […]

What is normal? THESE ARE risky days to be making predictions. But writing in January for the March edition of Caversham Bridge, there is a feeling we may finally be getting ‘back to normal’ – […]

Know you ARE deeply loved FEBRUARY BRINGS the arrival of Valentine’s Day, which is celebrated by around 40 million Brits who spend an average of £35 each (in 2020) on gifts, takeaways and movies! I […]

Come Lord Jesus AT THE END of November, the Christian Church begins the season of Advent. For too many of us, Advent is no longer a season in its own right, but simply a time […]

News just out: young people pray twice as much as old people! I WAS SURPRISED and delighted by a recent survey (see Young more likely to pray than over-55s – survey – BBC News) in […]