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In principle, I don’t have any objection to eating horse meat. I am prepared to eat cow meat. What’s so different about eating horse, as long as I know that is what I am eating. I think the important point … Continue reading →

Faster, Higher, Stronger? Citius, Altius, Fortius – Motto of the Olympic Games Well, are you looking forward to the Olympic Games?  There are only one hundred days to go until the opening ceremony as I write this letter and there … Continue reading →

A Happy Ending?   Are you someone who likes a clear ending?  In a film called The Italian Job, the earlier version, starring Michael Cane, a band of British crooks pull off a ‘bank job’ in Italy.  They make their … Continue reading →

Do you have to know the name of the first book of the Bible’s New Testament in order to qualify as a Christian?  In a recent survey on behalf of the Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (UK) only … Continue reading →

  “Eastman Kodak, the company that invented the hand-held camera, has filed for bankruptcy protection.  The move gives the company time to reorganise itself without facing its creditors, and Kodak said that it would mean business as normal for customers.  … Continue reading →

  Giving a gift to stranger seems to be a strange thing to do, at least when you first think about it.  Yet, for Christians, should that be the case.  After all, the magi, also known as ‘the wise men’, … Continue reading →

  “Remember, remember the 5th of November”: I must admit I am pretty hazy about how the rest of the line goes.  I suppose that is because I did not grow up in England and therefore did not have the … Continue reading →

“We will be a growing Church with an increasing membership.”   This was the topic of conversation for a self-selecting group of URC Ministers in which I participated recently.  Led by the United Reformed Church’s Secretary for Mission, Ministers  were … Continue reading →