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I was a dentist for several decades, having qualified in 1968, and retired in 2007. That’s nearly 38 years. I was also a bookseller, opening my book shop in 1984, […]

We have just returned from Cumbria. We love the mountains, lakes, walks through woods, and excellent Cumbrian cooking. As ever, I gaze at the beautiful scenery, and see the fact […]

So how many Christmas dinners have you enjoyed this year? I can remember one year, as a younger man, when I went from dinner to dinner….. I lost count! But […]

My age of discovery was when I was around 20 years of age. I left home, moved to London, and discovered lots of things I had never known about. Here […]

It was around 20 years ago, perhaps, when I first started reading that life should be ‘holistic’. Our values, behaviour, aspirations, etc. should flow together without contradictions. This seemed to […]

A young friend of mine, Pete (not his real name), wrote to me this week. What a woeful tale! Since giving his life to Jesus, he had lost his job, […]

I’ve just returned from the annual conference of the Full Gospel Businessmen held in Nottingham, and in a few days will leave for Newry in Ireland for their conference.  We […]

I write the blog for our church, and recently I started by saying that I like ‘full’ and I like ‘loud’. ‘Full’ refers to our sitting room, where the church […]

BREXIT Does any of us understand Brexit? Some talk as though they do, and see it with such clarity that they are 200% for it – or against it. But […]

“What is red, but smells like blue paint?” asked granddaughter Alice, with a cheeky grin on her face. I hadn’t a clue, and told her so. “Red paint!” she said, […]