Do you like growing runner beans – freshly picked ones taste so good don’t they! Each carefully nurtured little plant is assigned it’s place, with a stick ready for it to climb. Soon a tender shoot emerges. Its interesting to see how different plants behave: some quickly find their sticks,...
The scene in the upper room just before the Last Supper must have been a rather disturbing one. Everyone was worried. Rumours of impending doom were circulating. People were anxious, sad and harassed. Only Jesus was calm, though it was to Jesus that all these disturbing things were threatening to...
Spring is a busy time in the garden. There is so much to be done. Before we can even attempt to think of new growth, we have to prepare the ground by weeding, and there is cutting back – pruning to be done. It is only by thinning out the...
I don’t know about you but I always find this time of the year rather depressing. The celebrations of Christmas and the New Year are over, and there seems to be a lot of cold damp weather to come before Spring. Even so, we never doubt that Spring will come,...
A new year! Did you know the the most popular word in advertising is ‘new’? A new whiteness, a new ingredient, a new sound. Have a glance at your bathroom shelf, at all the aftershaves, bath oils and beauty lotions that multiplied there at Christmas, and see what zest and...
December always seems to be the busiest month of the year. It is also one of the darkest months. But most of the darkness can be dispelled by thoughts of what Christmas really means. The birthday of one who came to be the light of the world. The practical preparations...
This is an extract from a Book entitled ‘Hello – This is message” Why God Bothered God cares for me. A simple statement but what makes me believe it is true? My daily walk to the station provides me with some answers. At this time of the year I can’t...
We’re all getting too old……….. Have you ever got up in the morning, looked in the mirror and been shocked at what you saw? Even more shocked than usual, that is! Look there’s a grey hair there! A wrinkle there! My hair’s receding! I’m getting old! Even more alarming: have...
Well I think ‘Spring’ has finally ‘Sprung’. As I look out of my window I can see everything is now greening up – even the oak tree at the bottom of my garden has at last woken up. I have the privilege of walking my dog over fields and down...
