My Somerset Life
Brian Snellgrove
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Reflections on a Sunday Service
Our little ministry is always quaint, never predictable and intimate. That is why I love it. About 10 of us meet once a month on the first Sunday. I found myself thinking about Sunday’s address in the Methodist church...
A stumble and a restart for the new year
The day began on a fairly low note. I decided to cancel the exploratory session on Thursday the 19th in Torquay because I felt it was more important to get a feel for the whole Torbay area, and if I want to write a...
Why do we worry?
Matthew 6 25-34 Worry about necessities 25 “Therefore, I say to you, don’t worry about your life, what you’ll eat or what you’ll drink, or about your body, what you’ll wear. Isn’t life more than food and the body more...
A deeper study of some of C G Jung’s words about empaths
This was one of the most helpful summaries I've had for some time and helps me to balance compassion with the need not to interfere with others or try to run their lives, however good the motive. Brian Jung’s Radical...
How useful ChatGPT can be
I corresponded with Chat, as the plans I had for a visit to Torquay and work there next month seemed, on reflection, to be overambitious, so I decided to cut back and regroup. This is how CHAT GPT responded when I told...
New Year Perspective
I recently watched a video that claimed to rank the countries most affected by immigration, placing France first and the United Kingdom second. Whether such rankings are reliable or not, they prompt a broader and more...
Talking with Chat GPT – who are you?
who are you? I’m ChatGPT ? Think of me as a smart, chatty AI you can talk to about pretty much anything—questions, ideas, writing, problem-solving, brainstorming, learning new stuff, or just messing around with...
Where to go now with these diaries
It has been some days, if not weeks, since I last wrote a meaningful diary entry, and I find myself a little uncertain about how to proceed. I don’t think it’s a matter of having run out of things to say, because new...
Annual Review- have I learnt anything?
Reflections on the Year Summing up one year of activity is something that I approach with some trepidation, so I will write things not in chronological order but in the order that appears to me as I write this...
Adventures in A&E
For the past eight or so years I have had injections for wet macular disease in my left eye, but in the last few days nature has had other ideas for me. A few days ago my right eye started playing up, and when I closed...
A guided day – back to the 19th Century
This was the most interesting Sunday, nothing in the diary. Good weather so Francoise asked me whether we should go for a walk. It had occurred to me but I don't need half considered it. We find out best decisions are...
When the Whisper Becomes a Voice – a journey into Christian service
A Recent Testimony from Someone Called to Ministry Early Years: Roots I Didn’t Yet Understand When I look back, I can see beginnings that I didn’t recognise at the time. I grew up in a close and rather sheltered...
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