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Month: September 2022

The Power of the Poetry of the Old Testament

A reading from the Book of the Prophet Amos6:1a, 4-7 Those who sprawl and those who bawl will be exiled The almighty Lord says this: “Woe to those ensconced so snugly in Zion and to those who feel so safe on the mountain of Samaria. Lying on ivory beds and sprawling on their divans, they […]Read Post ›

Desperate Measures – Putin Escalates The War (The Russian Invasion of Ukraine #196)

On Monday and Tuesday of this past week, the Kremlin announced a series of escalatory measures in Russia’s war with Ukraine. These included … Desperate Measures – Putin Escalates The War (The Russian Invasion of Ukraine #196)

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Soixante -neuf. I see you internally giggle. But don’t. Yesterday was my sixty-ninth birthday. The beginning of my seventieth year. My three score and ten is almost up. This was brought home to me recently when I opened an official looking envelope which contained the message that my life insurance payments would soon cease as […]Read Post ›

September 11

A date for reflections of all kinds. For a lot of people it will be memories of nine eleven. Here in England that memory is I suppose slightly eclipsed by the death of Queen Elizabeth and the excitement of having a King Or a man queen as I read somewhere. Yet for me the memories […]Read Post ›

September

Thirty years ago my stepfather died very suddenly. He was sixty one. 14 years later my mother followed him. In this photo they are in front of Sheffield City Hall just after my graduation in 1976. He is forty five. My mother is 47. He is the slimmest he’s ever been. That day was one […]Read Post ›

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