I’m a quarter Scottish. You never know, in these days of Brexit uncertainty, and political absurdity, that might come in useful. I remember going to visit my grandparents in Aberdeen as a child, and seeing in their hallway the Scott clan crest with the clan motto ‘Amo’ (Latin for ‘I love’). At the time, even […]
“What do you think?” There was silence around the table and the silence was eloquent! Top chefs cooking in the competition for the BBC programme ‘MasterChef’. Women and men at the top of their profession, Michelin starred, restaurant owners from high end eateries providing some of the best food prepared with the best ingredients. One […]
The health benefits of running to work for 20 minutes through Central London are probably mixed at best. Whilst on the positive side I’m getting exercise, but I’m pretty sure that the fumes from the traffic and air-conditioning outlets are not working wonders for my lungs. Still, it is much much much nicer than being […]
Living in Essex and working in London, I spend about 3 hours a day travelling to and from work. Adding up all the hours I’ve spent commuting over the last 15 years, I could look at this as a massive waste of time, but another way of looking at it is that this is a […]
“How was your holiday?” “Oh yeah. We had an amazing time. We got this amazing deal at this amazing hotel which was amazingly cheap. The weather was just, well, amazing. Didn’t you see the pictures on Facebook? They were amazing.” And you think about your holiday…Well Piddle-Sea On-the-Swamp isn’t too bad now they’ve reduced the […]
Yes, and here it is! Stiff upper lip. I’m a man. Strong. I’m a man. Burn stuff and take hipster photos of mountains. I’m a man. Depressed. I’m a man? Question every decision I make. I’m a man? Pretty sure I’m no good. I’m a man? You know something is wrong when you question your […]
I am not sure what a blog is but I am guessing it is a bit like a dit in the Royal Navy. So I will start this dit with a bit of history about me for those that do not know me. I am now 64 and retired from the RN nearly 10 years […]
Everything was going well for Neil until he started having panic attacks. He walked in darkness for so many years, suffering with deep depression. He continued to suffer a lot of panic attacks, which he couldn’t understand. He tried all the conventional methods of man-made treatments and self help methods, but then he stumbled upon the Alpha Course and encountered Jesus and the Holy Spirit, […]
I want to focus o two things: firstly my own personal experience of poor mental health, and secondly I want to reflect upon our role as “resurrection people” in amongst the challenges that mental illnesses bring into the lives of people. A few years ago I performed the funeral of a man in his 50s […]
At the start of the year I was sat at home, with a glass or red wine watching ‘The Voice’ with my wife and family. Just a normal Saturday evening at home and then it started. A pain in my chest, in my back, down my arms, up into my neck and head and even in […]
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