As with all of you, these past strange months have been a time of reflection and reassessment. Many of you will have realised that since...

It is quite a simple human scale story to begin with isn’t it. A family wedding; the wine runs short.Mary, a sensitive and kind woman...

Sometimes, just sometimes, I feel I’ve just, well, had enough! You know what I mean: That last phone call, another demand, another sermon...

It’s an interesting statistic that according to industry’s own figures, over 50% of gym memberships go completely unused. That’s amazing,...

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord.’ Doesn’t it strike you as odd? What’s the point of crying out...

Years ago, Helen and I used to foster children often for a short time in an emergency. One little girl came to us and stayed longer than...

To Infinity and beyonnnd! Thus shouts Buzz Lightyear, a toy, a comic superhero spaceman character much beloved of my grandson. Beyond...

A few years ago, this ‘Grumpy Old Man’ wrote a tongue in cheek article about the obligation for Christians to attend Sunday Mass. I was...

The Holy Angels I thought for a change, rather than look at the Sunday Gospel, we might look at one of the great feast days from the last...

Last Sunday, Ian asked me “Are you doing a thought for the week next Sunday?” My initial reaction was – No! My Thought for the week is...