However small we might think our gifts are or however differently we work, each one of us has a vital role to play which God has given us for a very important reason. Even our deafness can be used to help build up God’s

Last week, I had a ‘first’. My first visit to Center Parcs. Those who get the weekly Open Ears Together* email will already know this. You’ll know about my efforts on a tricycle. You’ll know that various family members pushed me up the hills.

For a while I was very confused as to where they had come from but then one morning the squirrel who visits my garden everyday

My grandson, C, who is 11, has just opened his own banking account for which he will be fully responsible. He is very excited about this, very proud of his new bank card.

I felt a real lightness and joy in my spirit.  At the end I tentatively asked Him how He saw my heart.  To my amazement He gave me a picture of a beautiful sapphire in His hand.  It was the deepest blue and shining with light. 

At the start of John chapter eight, we see the Pharisees bringing to Jesus a woman who was caught in the act of adultery. Adultery was a serious sin forbidden by God and written for total clarity on tablets of stone by him stones written by God’s own finger. The Pharisees said ‘Moses’ law said we should stone her, let her be crushed under the weight of the stone of the law, what do you say, Jesus of Nazareth?’

When I moved to Dorset, two of my friends gave me a water dome with a white dove suspended within and the word “Peace” inscribed on the front in golden lettering. What a lovely gift to receive. I still have it on my windowsill.

‘You guys really gotta stop asking athletes what’s next after they win a medal at the Olympics. Let us soak up the moment we’ve worked our whole lives for’

A Thanksgiving service for the life of Julia was held in Wokingham Baptist Chirch.. The service was led by Mr Tony Brown, Chair of Torch Trust for the Blind.

Almost every day I have a special visitor who comes to my garden whom I’ve grown rather fond of; watching him gives me a lot of pleasure although I know that not everyone would be very pleased to see him because he is a fox

Mitch Albom is one of my favourite authors. He has written many books, both fiction and non fiction, among them several number one New York Times bestsellers.

We had a wonderful time celebrating our 50th anniversary on June 15, 2024! A heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us, both in person and via Zoom, and to our amazing speakers and contributors. From inspiring talks to joyful reminiscing, the day was filled with gratitude and community.

All day I thought about God as the “Heart-Knower” and meditated on how all our thoughts are open to His gaze. Yet, I felt a calm sense of peace, as if the “Heart-Knower” holds us in His abiding care and love, regardless of our circumstances.

To Christ we reach, still tentative in faith, aware that every day sees many deaths. Our questions still leave much to understand, yet faith calls us to trust and take the hand of One who reveals truth and urges growth. His Spirit opens up abundant life. He is that Life…..

Every year around Eastertime, we gather together with several thousand (!) Christians at Butlins for a week of worship, teaching, and fun.