The Danger of the Short Cut

As many of you know, I used to work in the transport industry (bulk chemical distribution).  Most of the time, […]

What’s Good about Good Friday?

The challenges of being the parish priest for three parishes are manifold.  One of the smaller but repetitive and unavoidable […]

Coming to Terms with a New Reality

Last month, I wrote a little about situations that make us re-evaluate the way we think about life and suggested […]

Life-Changing Moments

Occasionally, the world presents us with situations that make us re-evaluate the way we think about life.  Two years ago, […]

Using Christian Language

By the time you read this, we will be well into the season of Lent, so called because of the […]

New Beginnings

Once before in one of my articles for the village magazines, I made reference to the fact that it is […]

True Family

I’ve just been a bit reckless.  Irresponsible, some might say.  It happened on Friday 16th March – the day the […]

Linking Christmas and Easter

As I write, Christmas has pretty much disappeared from view and Easter is just becoming visible in the distance.  This […]