Young children can be very persistent in asking their parents almost unanswerable questions like, “Mum, why are flames hot?” We do our best to answer the questions, but realize that our answers need to match our child’s capacity to understand. An academic fondly remembered his loving father’s short answer to a question he had asked...
July 2021 Magazine At the time of writing the G7 summit of world leaders is taking place. The chair of the G7 is our own PM Boris Johnson and so Carbis Bay in Cornwall was his choice of venue. Despite the massive amount of preparation and extensive security measures what is happening is highly important...
Following a delay in returning to Volunteering at UHNM due to the high level of C-19 infections, towards the end of April I was invited to a meeting at ‘County Hospital’ to reconnect with the ‘SPaRC Team’ (Spiritual, Pastoral and Religious Care) to discuss the possibilities around returning to my role there. It was a...
This month marks a shift that we have anticipated for a very long time. Death reigned until a vaccine provided protection. Those vaccinated still get infected, since we can’t eradicate the virus from the world in which we live, but it is not an infection that leads to death. I touch on this watershed moment...
How have you occupied yourself in the long dark days of winter lockdown? Over the last year we have done a few jigsaw puzzles, mostly 1,000 piece puzzles. However, the hardest puzzle we did had a mere 500 pieces. Even putting the edge pieces together was difficult, so many pieces seemed to fit in more...