Each year, when I was a child, we were taken to an ‘open day’ at the Steelworks where my Dad worked, it was a really enjoyable family day out with rides and other entertainment. Consequently, for me, the words ‘Open Day’ became synonymous with such a fun event. However, on a hot summer Saturday in […]
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Just recently I was given the news that I had Metastatic Oesophageal cancer with a shortened life expectancy of 9 months. Although the consultant was looking directly at me for one brief moment, I had to check myself from turning around to see if she was talking to someone else. In the weeks and months […]
“Get a house group going this Lent.” was the exhortation from the pulpit at my church eight years ago. I did and the mixed group I started is still running and healthy. Being an expat church group the membership changes every year and only 3 of the 10 original members remain but I thank God […]