Some years ago I was a deacon in a Baptist church at a time they were without a minister and we had to seek out a replacement. Continue reading →

I would like to think that I am a law abiding citizen and, while I have sometimes been known to bend the rules (some say more than many), I generally don’t mean to break them. Continue reading →

Yesterday, I spent a large chunk of the day getting involved in a “Faiths and Beliefs” event that was held at our local town hall, Continue reading →

So you want to help rough sleepers then? I don’t want to put myself about as a great expert or a paragon of virtue on the matter of rough sleeping Continue reading →

Monday 20th April, 7-9pm, in the Cluny Square Cafe, could be a significant landmark as far as I am concerned. It could be the very last meeting of the Cluny Residents Association (CRA), Continue reading →

Before I get onto my subject, I ought to say a few words as to how and why I got to it in the first place. I was listening to the Radio 4 Today programme a few days back, Continue reading →

The issue of immigration along with that of homelessness have been my particular social justice / poverty passions in recent years. Continue reading →

I am now at the half way point managing the church winter night shelter at Ferndale Baptist Church and so far so good. It has been a worthwhile project, notwithstanding all sorts of minor to middling incidents, which I always knew would be part and parcel of such an enterprise, which I do along with my other homeless involvements. Continue reading →

Last night, I had a brief exchange with an old friend who happens to share many of my views but on this occasion we ended up agreeing to disagree. It was around the latest episode in the UKIP civil war saga Continue reading →

While mulling over possible content for my latest blog, I had an unpleasant experience that in a strange way was not altogether unrelated. Continue reading →