I heard someone say that the problem they have with Christians is that they have just enough religion to hate and not enough religion to love. It’s a well-known fact that Christians are called to love others. It’s also a well-known fact that we don’t always manage this. Throughout history, the some in the church…
As many of you probably know by now, I am a fan of the grape. Well, I am a fan of the product of grapes once they are fermented and bottled. But a bit like the internal combustion engine, I have little concept of the process involved, I simply appreciate what it does. Yet even…
Whoever said “talk is cheap” has clearly never sought advice from a lawyer before. But it’s true that actions speak louder than words. We are more sceptical about things than we used to be, and we tend to challenge assertions and seek proof of the integrity of what someone is saying. Often, we are told…
One of the benefits of modern life is how rapidly news can spread from one part of the world to another. Thanks to the internet, an event in one country can be reported on in another country almost instantaneously. Even news relating to ourselves can be spread far and wide thanks to social media. It’s…
It’s a cliché I know, but it’s not a coincidence that so many stories end with “and they all lived happily ever after”. Writers know how important it is that the story they are telling ends well. When we read a book, we want to know all the loose ends are tied up, all the…
I’ve just finished reading a book about the “Wars of the roses”, a series of conflicts that took place between the rival houses of Lancaster and York in England from 1455 to 1487. There were many bloody battles fought between the sides to establish who would be king of England. Having staked a claim on…
“I’m only human, of flesh and blood I’m made. Human, born to make mistakes” So sang the Human League in their 1986 song “Human”. It has become widely accepted that if we are presented with an ethical or moral decision and we go the wrong way, we simply shrug our shoulders and point out that…
A film I really enjoy watching is “The Matrix”. In the film, humanity has been enslaved by machines who keep us in a dream like state in a computer-generated world. Because it is the only world we have experienced from birth, we simply accept that it is the world that we live in. However, some…
Many junior doctors I’ve spoken to say that the number of hours they have to work is unfair. However the system never changes as senior doctors think it’s unfair to change the system as they “had to go through it” even though they hated it at the time. Many students I speak to worry about…
Every time I have to go somewhere new, I need to rely on a map. Despite having no idea where I am heading, I put my faith in GPS and Google to get to where I want to go. Sometimes the route takes unexpected turns, and sometimes I misunderstand the directions and have to get…