Some readers will know I prefer gardening to housework, after all you can’t eat a nicely polished table, but a home-grown tomato is fabulous. However, when it comes to socks, I am meticulous. They must be in pairs! The only use I have for an odd sock is to make a glove puppet and there...
As I get older everything seems to take longer. It’s not easy to admit that one is slowing down....or is it slowing up? Both phrases refer to the same process, but perhaps it is better to speak of slowing up. Why should this be? Saying we are slowing up gives a more positive emphasis than...
As the weeks pass I continue to observe and experience new things (at Royal Stoke and County Hospitals) which I hope you find both interesting and encouraging. Even with the huge additional expenditure incurred because of the pandemic, standards continue to improve – wards are being redecorated and improved both when empty and (most considerately)...
Christ Church Magazine January 2022 I could have gone for the “out with the old, in with the new” or “new year new leaf”. Maybe a motto text to be stuck on the pin board? Then again, I could go for the article that reflects on the past year’s events and attempts to foresee the...
We tend to be a little suspicious of our imaginations! However imagination is God’s gift to us and is as much part of us as our natural appetite. Just like our desire and need for food we can misuse our imaginations or use them to foster proper growth. Jesus encouraged his listeners to use their...