Thoughts and Musings – January 2021

This week’s Thought for the Week is being written on Holocaust Memorial Day. It was not planned (at least not by me) to do this; it’s just that I usually sit down to write on a Wednesday and so it

Well, it’s been nearly a year now that we’ve been watching the announcements; the numbers, deaths, infection rates, how many people we can meet; Christmas or no Christmas; schools closing, exams cancelled, exams back on again; babies born, loved ones

Today marks a change of direction for us that will sustain us over the next four weeks in the lead up to Lent (yes, it really isn’t that long before we start our journey to Good Friday and Easter). Four

These are the words the Angel Gabriel spoke to Mary when he told her she was to become a Mother to God’s Son. I think they are words we need to hear right now; I know I do. There are

We’ve all been there, I’m sure. Even one of our former Prime Ministers was not immune from leaving a family member in a public place[1]. All it takes is to get embroiled in a conversation with some friends, a few

Can trust and questioning live together in genuine faith? When I consider the Lord’s creation of mankind even after all my years of faith, I still find it amazing that He gave us complete free-will. It seems such an incredible

Child to parent: “Why is my name ‘Glug-glug’?” Parent to child: “The vicar fell into the font at your Christening.” (A joke to appeal to the lapsed Anglicans in our midst.) The joke above is one of the less serious

Today is traditionally the Feast of the Epiphany in the church calendar, as we recognise that 12 days have passed since Christmas Day. Of course, most of us know all about the 12 days of Christmas from the famous song

Many years ago, we held a “Bad Present Game” as part of a broader New Year’s Eve get-together with friends. The premise of this jolly jape was to rewrap a present that had been received for Christmas that was (to