At a funeral this week, two people wore Manchester United football shirts, and the order of service featured a photograph of the deceased alongside the 1991 European Cup Winners Cup. He was a big fan, often taking the coach from
Harvest
Do you think I could be a farmer? I could buy a farm, and a tractor. I’m not sure about animals, but I could plough (with my tractor), sow (with my tractor), let things grow and then harvest. Jesus warned
Choose This Day
Someone told me a couple of weeks ago that I can’t have tuna on my pizza. But I like tuna on my pizza – tuna and pineapple. Am I wrong? Have I missed something? It’s not as if you physically
Why grow?
I have a tree my garden. I chose it, I planted it, and I watch it. It grows very slowly, unlike some other plants (notably the weeds and the leylandii hedge) which grow much too quickly. My tree just gets
Deciding to Live
Have you read (or watched Ridley Scott’s film version of) Andy Weir’s “The Martian”? It’s Science Fiction, of course, but it is also a study in crisis decision making. Of all the things going on, what is the most important
Why follow Jesus?
Last month was the centenary of George Mallory’s failed attempt to climb Mount Everest. While touring the USA, drumming up support, he was asked by reporters ‘Why?’ Well, why would you want to climb a mountain where the air is
Good Days
“These are the Good-Old-Days – just wait and see.” (Wait, by Steve Turner). These days we mostly seem to reflect on how bad things are now, and how no-one is really getting to grips with the problems, and how much
Signs for Life
I wonder what would happen if we took down all our road signs. They tried it in the second world war – removing them so invading armies wouldn’t be able to find their way. Although it probably meant that anyone
Where to?
There’s a singer called Joe King (actually, there are two – one in the US who has a Wikipedia page and one in the UK who doesn’t. I’m talking about the Brit) who wrote a song which contains the line
My choice
There aren’t enough hours in the day. I find. And so much I want to do. I expect you feel the same. There aren’t enough £s in my pocket. I find. And so much I could do if only I