Daily Inspiration

Deafness is a condition which runs in my family.  I am very thankful that thus far it has missed my generation: but I know firsthand how isolating it can be.  I do remember my nan, though, often giving my grandad a gentle telling off when he had ignored something his wife had clearly told him … Read more

Questions, questions…. Some of you will know that before I was a vicar I worked for 12 years as a market researcher.  Many might consider that a good way to describe my old job would be as a ‘professional nuisance’!  However, if I was asked to describe my work, I would often answer that I … Read more

Another day on this – is this an April Fool in itself?!  Thankfully not: I thought this brilliant passage was worth a second day.  And today it gets more personal.  Yesterday we looked at the power of a foolish message; today St Paul switches to a foolish audience.  After all, who else would respond to … Read more

It somehow seems appropriate that, just before I started to write this, I watched a fierce snow blizzard tear through the trees outside my window, only to be replaced by benign sunshine a few moments later.  After a mostly warm and sunny March we’ve had scarcely believable weather on its last day! Today (as you … Read more