Author: raymond

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

A wheel is such a simple thing. It’s round and it goes round; it has an axle and it has an edge. But what makes a wheel useful is when you use it (unicycle anyone?) or use a few (a

One of the things that holds a community together is the stories it tells. Stories we share about ourselves. “How did you meet?” Benjamin asked Jane and me this week. So we told the story – two slightly different versions

We often think of ‘The Wise Man built his house upon the rock’ as a children’s song, with the subtle implication that the story of wise and foolish builders is also for children. But why would that be? The child-builders

Froward and unable worm? Three-inch fool? As thick as Tewkesbury mustard? Shakespeare was a genius insults that amuse those listening – and also make us think again before we really understand them. But could an insult also be a gift

Have you ever wondered about the donkeys in the Bible? Donkeys carry burdens, and so they do for Abraham, for the sons of Jacob, for Moses, and a number of others. Donkeys are ordinary, useful, domestic animals; but not significant.