Category: making a difference
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spamalot
It’s everywhere. It used to be called ‘Junk mail’ and ‘cold calling’ and now it’s called ‘spam’. The unsolicited blurb that comes at us from every possible direction. I would like to declare now that I have never ever responded positively to spam or its equivalents. If any spammers are reading this, perhaps you could…
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peace be with you
Yesterday evening I was at a great session looking at how we read and understand the Bible and one ‘throwaway’ comment from the speaker was that the roots of ‘exchanging the peace’ at communion in church is to make sure we are right with one another before we share bread and wine together. This comes…
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reminiscing
When I was little we lived in North Devon. My Dad was Headmaster of a nearby village school in Highampton and we lived in a (rented) thatched cottage on the outskirts of a village called Sheepwash. No, it’s not a made up name. It’s a lovely picturesque village that has often been used as the…
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footprints
I was thinking earlier this morning [sound of readers fainting in surprise] and for some reason the phrase ‘leave nothing behind except your footprints’ came to my mind. Psychologists may have fun with analysing that but I want to lead you along my train of thought that came from that starting point. The phrase is…
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Some people won’t be on the pitch…
Gross generalisation the first: there is a sense of collective disappointment across the country because FIFA is not holding a World Cup Finals in England for at least the next 20 years. Gross generalisation the second: the sense of collective disappointment is concentrated among the males in the population. Gross generalisation the third: lots of…
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