Month: November 2023

Today in the Vineyard Church, We had what we call 'Super Sunday' which is a funny name for informal meeting and talking, with entertainment for the children but for adults to meet in small groups as they wish and converse not only about matters of faith but about how they have been getting on. We do have complete strangers coming along with their children and for them I suppose you could call it...

We are watching actual genocide in you know where.  I don't want to become a political whinger and complainer but this chart shows the damage being done in terms of statistics.  Is it a 'hate crime' to object to this indeed to be repulsed by it? As a human being with feelings, I do not like to see other human beings suffering. <fanfare of trumpets> I can 'empathize!!!!  Empathy??? What is...

I went to bed relatively early last night at 11:00 p.m. But after about 2:30 a.m. Did not find myself in any need or further sleep and so I arose. I checked a few messages, read a couple of articles, I noticed that I was able to concentrate more consistently. It may well be that the special type of silence that prevails at night is helpful in this respect. For me, silence is not an absence of...

As of Monday 4th of December 2023 our local surgery is changing how we access appointments and advice. They tell us that we will become a digital triage based appointment system which involves a new online consultation system which allows you to complete a short online form about your symptoms or concerns which will be triaged by a clinician. So far so good. I had a look at the current website...

Up very early this morning, Rain in the wind. Not good. A coffee and toast and a brief glance at Al Jazeera.   More of the same. Killings, bombing, lies. It takes a lot to shock me but I never realised how in debt we all are as a country.  This arrived in my morning mail i.e. overnight. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_external_debt How can long this system survive without...