by gordon | Feb 20, 2021 | Reflections
Eaten any chocolates recently? There is some evidence that perhaps a majority of people have been more self-indulgent than usual during Lockdown, particularly with more home-drinking. Now we are well into Lent, this might be a good opportunity to consider what we...
by gordon | Feb 13, 2021 | Reflections
Today is St Valentine’s Day, which is a fitting harbinger of the season of Lent, when we remember Jesus’ self-sacrificial love. You may like to find out more about this day – for example at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_Day We all know about Shrove...
by gordon | Feb 2, 2021 | Reflections
The Extraordinary revealed in the Ordinary. “And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon, and this man was just and devout, waiting for the Consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was upon him.” (Luke 2v25). For many years, when I...
by gordon | Jan 7, 2021 | Reflections
“Where is He that is born King of the Jews? For we have seen His star in the East and have come to worship Him.” (Matt 12 v2). A star, a new star was in the sky. It was moving. A star to be followed. A star was seen in the sky, many miles from Bethlehem; but for those...
by gordon | Dec 21, 2020 | Reflections
A Thought for Christmas. We must receive and send hundreds of Christmas cards in our life time. Some of them we remember for the image, or the greeting. Some we do not. Of all the cards I have received there is one which has stayed in my mind….. for its...
