This post is about someone who died three days ago, whose contribution to music, this world and my own life is significant, whose death I mourn – Andraé Crouch. Continue reading
Christian Concern
One of the fascinating imponderables of life is learning you don’t know it all and there are better or different ways of seeing things, Continue reading
Road bumps
I got into an interesting discussion on Facebook yesterday, as one does, and this one particularly focused on a subject I know a lot less about than many of the other subjects I blog about, i.e. the environment, including road humps (more of which later), and trying to relate this to my other areas of community activism. Continue reading
Self harming
Today’s news round contained a veritable feast of disturbing stories, including locally to do with the challenges our town’s hospital and police force face, but the one that struck out, Continue reading
The politics of homelessness
Two things I have repeated several times in my blogs are that I do not support any particular political party and homelessness is an important issue that I care and want to do something about. Continue reading
Southend’s outstanding schools
Less than a month ago, I posted an article on this blog that had the title “Southend’s inadequate schools” Continue reading
Hearts and heads
At the debriefing session that took place at the end of yesterday’s night shelter, we had an interesting discussion, Continue reading
Sir David Amess MP
When I read in yesterday’s news rounds that local MP David Amess had received a knighthood, I was pleasantly surprised and I had no hesitation dropping him a line: Continue reading
Night Shelter Practicalities (5)
*** Important info. for Ferndale CWNS volunteers *** Continue reading
Resolutions
It happened that today as I was in my car, along with my regular companion, Radio 4, my ears pricked up when the speaker on “Thought for the Day” started to talk about Samuel Johnson. Continue reading
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