Never let it be said that the Old Testament is boring. It's actually a rip-roaring journey in which all features good and bad of human nature are displayed. Chapter 17 of the first book of Samuel is devoted to the epic duel between David and Goliath the story so powerful it lives on in symbolism today. I have written my conclusions beforehand so if you are allergic to going through quite a...
This morning at 10 o'clock there was a combined service with Farringdon which is an adjacent village to Paulton. I would like to tell you that it was necessary to walk across the field to the church and that would have been so romantic. The fact is that there is a single track path that leads to an extremely small car park where we fitted in only with the greatest amount of goodwill. There were...
What possesses this man to have such a disfiguring tattoo? What self-image must he have when everyone will recoil from him? This is a person who's taken on an identity that is not human. God bless him as I would say to anyone who is trying to find their way in life that he has chosen a difficult path. However, this picture is much more terrifying. 5G is the biggest con ever to be perpetrated...
Every week I get a journal called "The Week" which is a summary of the interesting news happenings in the media particularly the newspapers. There is a regular column that I always turn to first. It is entitled "It must be true – I read it in the tabloids". There are normally three stories and this is the shortest one in today's edition. "Three years ago, Dylan McWilliams was bitten by a...
I was brought up on Winnie the Pooh and I enjoyed sitting on my father's lap enjoying the well-known stories which I knew word for word. It was an innocent world animals with their various personalities, Roo, Tigger, Christopher Robin, and the star of the show Pooh Bear himself. How times have changed, for better for worse is a matter of discussion but when 10-year-old girls become so self...
As a result of my membership with the local men's group, we get to hear about other groups in the area one of which is in Frome. This evening they are holding a men's curry night and here is the advertisement: Speaker: Dr John Bradshaw. John, a committed Christian, grew up on his family farm in Zimbabwe. He shares his inspirational story - from when a booby-trapped land mine exploded in his face...
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Inspired by Samuel Pepys’ Diary 1633-1703
