Author: raymond

In Ecclesiastes we are exhorted “Do not be quick with your mouth … to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few.” (Eccles 5:2). If I think of God

If God wanted to speak to you, how would he do it? Psalm 19 talks about the heavens and skies proclaiming God’s glory and what he has made – which is a message we should take note of. The Psalm

Benjamin Franklin made popular the saying that in this world nothing can be said to be certain except death and taxes. And we could probably come up with some other things that we find hard to avoid (like struggle and

The sea is not calm today. A fresh south-westerly breeze has blown Over a hundred Atlantic miles of Ocean, Ripples making wavelets making waves making bigger as the swell comes in Crashing onto rocks that would stand imperious Spilling and

For those of you well attuned to following a SatNav, have you tried Zen Navigation? I first heard about it from Dirk Gently (a Douglas Adams character) and it involves finding someone who looks like they know where they are

Maths is Fun, Faith is better Let’s say x = ymultiply both sides by x gives x2 = xysubtract y2 gives x2 – y2 = xy – y2which is (x + y)(x – y) = y(x – y)divide by (x

What do you think of the rain? For some, it just rain spoils a picnic or an afternoon of sport (cricket, or tennis anyone?). The less rain the better. Although if you look at the garden turning brown and worry

Mustard seeds aren’t very big. You can see them, and pick them up; you can plant them and watch them grow; you can grind them up and add them on your food. They may not be the smallest seed known

Abba wrote a song about money – perhaps you’re already playing the xylophone introduction in your mind? “In my dreams I have a plan, if I got me a wealthy man, I wouldn’t have to work at all” or “I

Some of the most effective stories we listen to and tell contain something that runs against what might be expected – something we may not notice at first take, but which makes us stop and think when we realise what