First aid training this morning. Ministry Centre: 9.30 am. Mmmm. I'm taking singer-turned-paramedic Bobby Sherman at his word: “Take...

“Is Easter the new Christmas?” asks the BBC news website. It now seems that Easter is now the second-biggest retail event in the UK...

¡Hola amigos! You will be pleased to know that I am now learning Spanish. This is in preparation for visiting our mission partners in...

Good idea to walk to St Michael’s, I thought yesterday. Our chapter – the local Anglican clergy – invariably begin our bimonthly meeting...

This very day 150 years ago Rev W H Boulton, Rector of Aughton, was getting very excited. For in just 16 days time Rt Rev Reverend...

“Oscar blunder duo given bodyguards after 'death threats.’” So reads this morning’s BBC news page. I have every sympathy for PwC...

“Your career is before you,” observes Screwtape as he proposes a toast at the Tempters' Training College for young demons. “Hell expects...

“Typical!” I thought. Typical for the Church of England. Not even the Bishops can agree on what they have agreed one. So the motion...

A significant birthday in our household today, even of Biblical proportions. And it’s not mine. However, as Shirley Bassey - now 80,...

Mia: Maybe I'm not good enough! Sebastian: Yes, you are. Mia: Maybe I'm not! It's like a pipe dream. Sebastian: This is the dream!...

Wonderful! Back to my regular Friday morning routine. Responsive keyboard, fast internet and no-one trying to steal a look at my screen....

Well, folks, it’s homeward bound! Back to my responsive desktop and to a reasonably fast internet speed, same challenge but this time a...

A hospital overwhelmed, patients on trollies even along the entrance corridor. So this lunchtime we pick Cliff up to visit Mary...

Today is Friday. Normally that means Psalm 95 but today being Epiphany it is Psalm 100: O be joyful in the Lord, all the earth; Serve...

Commotion and laughter, tears and much merriment, disorder and distraction: they are all there in our annual family photo. We use a...

“God never gives someone a gift they are not capable of receiving,” observed Pope Francis. “If he gives us the gift of Christmas, it is...

Me this morning: ouch, right, ouch right, ouch right. And my question – how does this injury I picked up at last Saturday’s Ormskirk...

Is this the end of Western civilisation as we know it? Well, from the way Everton are currently playing, it probably is. Actually,...

It hasn’t been a good year for Zac Goldsmith. First he fails in his bid to become the Mayor of London. Well, that’s politics – these...

"Think like a human being and sister and not the head of state," Philip urges his troubled wife. But we who have watched all ten...