No Vote, No Voice?

It is presidential election season over the pond and the debates are up and running and people are being given reasons to vote for him and not vote for him.  It is this time of year that the arguments are rolled out about the importance of voting and what was done to ensure people had […]

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The Importance of Rest

It is unfortunate that quite a few people confuse rest with sleep. Of course sleep can help with rest, but there is so much more to rest than that. Sabbath rest inmy childhood days was a chore and at times a bore. It felt like punishment sometimes, such was the stringent adherence to a range […]

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How Should We Remember People?

Two incidents in the space of a week has me thinking again about how we should remember people. Former radio and television personality and charity worker Jimmy Saville, who died a year ago, has not been accused of a number of incidents of sexually inappropriate behaviour.  The charges and allegations have caused quite a stir […]

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The Mind at Rest

Things happen. That is how it goes. How we respond to things can determine whether we retain sanity, or slowly see it slip away. External factors are one thing, but the state of the mind is the centre for dealing with matters. The example of my Dad taught me that even in the most chaotic […]

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