“Our Father”

In his pattern for prayer Jesus taught us to begin our relationship with God using the words “Our Father”. (Matthew 6:9). Because we use the “Lord’s Prayer” so often we can easily take those two introductory words for granted. Our relationship with our human parents changes as we grow up. As infants and then young...

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Hospital Notes 41

Reflecting on our work as Chaplaincy Volunteers On Tuesday 7th March I, along with about 15 others, attended a time of Fellowship and Reflection in the Chapel at Royal Stoke. As we had not met in this way since before the C-19 Pandemic it was an opportunity to reconnect with fellow Chaplaincy Volunteers. We were...

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The Lantern

“This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine.” Do you remember this chorus popular in the 1960’s? During the first lockdown, we had many days which seemed very similar, some people went to work and some had Zoom or Teams meetings but our families...

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Roger learns lessons thinking about his sat-nav

These days many people drive cars fitted with a sat-nav. When activated, a monotonous and mechanical voice directs you with comments like “In two hundred yards turn right into the High Street”. The prophet Isaiah writes in Chapter 30 verse 21 Whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear...

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Hospital Notes 40 – ‘CHANGED PERSPECTIVES’

I expect you all know the phrases... “Every cloud has a silver lining” and... “One man’s meat is another man’s poison” and some years ago ‘Tear Fund’ had the theme for Harvest that “One man’s rubbish is another man’s harvest”. Well these are about seeing things from a changed perspective. Now during most of my...

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