We are certainly living a different way at the moment, the virus has changed the way the whole world do, as we call it, “normal” living. Our lives have been turned upside down, all we hear is social distancing or lockdown, new concepts that none of us envisioned when we were setting our New Year […]
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 […]
Christmas Spirit By Raymond Smith Political Correctness challenges accepted norms and in a changing culture there are changing attitudes. Some of the challenges can be seen around the celebration of Christmas. Mention Christmas Spirit and it will mean different things to different people. Avid readers may reflect on the Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and […]
“Do you speak English?” An elderly woman asked from the other side of the locked grilled front door of my rented holiday home near Benidorm. A second woman in her mid-40s stood alongside her. “I am English”, I replied; momentarily forgetting I was standing in just my budgie smugglers! Unfazed, she asked a supplementary question […]
Viewfinders, is an open church group that meets to help each other to take better photographs. Each month we set ourselves a photographic task this month’s subject is reflections, something to ‘focus’ on… We have recently downsized and moved into a small bungalow to be closer to our daughter and family. This has been one of […]
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