May 14, 2018 Concentrate! And don’t concentrate! Concentration was always celebrated at school…and encouraged loudly. ‘Concentrate, Parke!’ And concentration, or focus, is good for getting things done. …
May 9, 2018 Mediation I’m sometimes involved in mediation. And it’s a fool’s game, really. You’re always waiting for someone to pull out, storm …
May 8, 2018 Through the wardrobe By the time CS Lewis stepped through the wardrobe and into Narnia, he’d had a few adventures of his own. …
May 8, 2018 Down by the riverside Here is a simple ten-minute meditation (or longer) towards letting go of unhelpful thought or feelings. You imagine you are …
May 2, 2018 Amber Rudd remembered Amber Rudd recently resigned as Home Secretary. She feels she ‘inadvertently misled’ Parliament over immigrant deportation targets. There had been …
May 2, 2018 Bluebells and plague Happy accidents, sad accidents…you’ve probably had a few. You’ve been lucky and you’ve been unlucky. Some things have worked out, …
May 1, 2018 Our moral guardians Inhuman treatment of the Windrush generation Vs Swivel-eyed Jew-hating. Or May Vs Corbyn. Choices, choices. It has been painful - …
April 3, 2018 To the caves I won’t be blogging for a while. I find I’m becoming bored of myself, which isn’t good. And I’ve always …
April 3, 2018 The first task in marriage A recent wedding address, we’re in a church… Mark and Sarah have asked me to say a few words…always a …