Monthly Archives: March 2010

Good reasons to marry

Good reasons to marry

Here’s one, or at least one that the Conservatives want us to have, if their proposals to encourage marriage through the tax system are anything to go by. The debate on this is far from clear-cut, and it’s very interesting, … Continue reading

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All those years I believed it

All those years I believed it

I discovered recently that something I have always believed is actually not true. There has never been a gate in Jerusalem known as the “Eye of the Needle” through which a camel can only crawl without baggage… no matter how … Continue reading

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Coping with the daffodil crisis

Coping with the daffodil crisis

Happy Mothering Sunday! Or Mothers’ Day, or Women’s Day – the day basically for anyone who lacks a Y chromosome. It’s a lovely day for it, and mothers certainly deserve all the appreciation they get. What an amazing, and often … Continue reading

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Lifting up my eyes

Lifting up my eyes

We’ve been learning a new worship song at church recently, and I quite like it. It’s a Matt Redman, for those who care about such things, and along with some fairly standard worship song lyrics and a catchy tune that … Continue reading

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