Easter Errors
A few years ago, as part of its advertising campaign, a major supermarket arranged a survey about people’s knowledge of […]
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Category: Society
When even the best is a mixed bag
When I was a teenager, I read a funny novel about a detective whose techniques were decidedly 20th century, even […]
A New High Sheriff
Last month I had the great privilege of officiating at a special service at Wareside Church, the likes of which […]
Overcoming Writer’s Block
Somebody asked me last month how I think of the subjects to write about in these letters. I told him […]
Praying for Presidents and Prime Ministers
I don’t know what your reaction is when you watch the news on television, hear it on the radio or […]
Choosing Gifts
As Noddy Holder says clearly and raucously, “It’s Christmas!” Strictly speaking, it’s not even Advent as I write, but by […]
Half Mad but Quite Admirable
I read recently about an exchange of views in the “Big Brother House” that has caused a bit of a […]
Keeping Community Alive
One of the things I enjoy about living in this benefice is the active community that there is in the […]
Advertising the Heart of Christmas
Once, conversation in the streets and workplaces commonly included discussion about what people had all seen on TV the previous […]
Are We Being Deceived?
As a Christian, I have always been somewhat suspicious of the way that the conflict in Northern Ireland has been […]