Excuse the alarmist headline, which I grant doesn’t bode well if it is balanced reporting you are looking for. But there is a reason for doing this, as will become clear. It is also about me wanting to give vent to some of my many “bees in my bonnet”; Continue reading →

One of the areas that I have not commented much on to date is concerning the exponential growth of food banks as being one practical response to helping those who find themselves in poverty. Continue reading →

I have found that when I post on my blog, more often than not it is a result of some unexpected event earlier taking place, related to one of my many interests, and which has particularly struck me, despite having a vague, broad, longer term plan of what to post and when. Continue reading →

In my last post, I reflected a little on the Lent season and that my own Christian background did little in terms of practically recognizing what Lent is about, part of which was to prepare ourselves for the week we are now in: Holy Week.  Continue reading →

Two days ago I attended a meeting of the Southend Interfaith Working Group (SIWG). Continue reading →

One of my long standing community activist interests, and one I have written about previously in my “Outside the Camp” book, is being a Street Pastor. Continue reading →

One of the TV programs I like to watch if I can is “the Apprentice”, where smart young, ambitious business men and women compete to become the next apprentice of the show’s host, leading entrepreneur, Lord Alan Sugar. Continue reading →

I should first explain what the Echo, gambling and the 11-plus all have in common. Continue reading →

What is going through my mind are things that I have been wanting to share since November of last year, when I started my stint as manager of one of the church winter night shelters for homeless folk, here in Southend. Continue reading →

This weekend there will be a momentous change in our national way of life, although it has been long anticipated and preparations have been underway for some time in the hope that people might be better able to come to terms with the changes. Continue reading →