A very merry re-birthday to me – to who? Whilst the characters of Alice in Wonderland celebrate 364 un-birthdays a year, I celebrate just one re-birthday. It happens every year on the 18th April. But to tell the truth I would often celebrate it twice! You see, I was re-born into Christ at the Easter… Continue reading More Than A Tea Party

They set out from Elim, and all the congregation of the people of Israel came to the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after they had departed from the land of Egypt. And the whole congregation of the people of Israel murmured against Moses… Continue reading Grumble, Grumble

I wrote this little reflection whilst isolating with covid last November… I have covid…I am self-isolating. In my room I lie on the bed and ponder. The bottom of two big windows are fully open and the sunshine is streaming through. It is a good day to ponder. Some people hate flies (especially the big… Continue reading I Fly With My Little Eye

I met a friend the other day at mass and we went for a coffee afterwards to talk. Not long after we sat down two women sat at the table next to us and were engrossed in their smart phones, looking up occasionally to converse. Even if I wasn’t talking to my friend I would… Continue reading To Scroll or to Ponder?

Does God ever find our behaviour puzzling? Does God ever puzzle over our puzzles and with morning coffee and newspaper set out the dots that we could do with joining to other dots?! I know I am always banging on about smart phones and an over-reliance on the internet to make all our connections, but… Continue reading Joining the Dots

Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves (Genesis 11:4) Some people think that I have drifted into a fantasy world of conspiracy theories and as a consequence have become very anti-technology. Ben, the new Luddite! I don’t think… Continue reading Blind-sided

During a recent discussion on the liturgy in my Exodus 90 group a priest said that ‘Vatican II has not yet been implemented.’ Vatican II was the herald of a ‘new springtime in the church,’ where the laity would become more involved, where the church would gain new tools for evangelising the world and where… Continue reading Jubilate Deo

There is an amusing folk song that extols the virtues of the county of Norfolk in England. The last line of the chorus proclaims, ‘we are the boys that are Norfolk and Good.’ Say it quickly and you get the message of a profound insight into the human condition! I recently watched a documentary on… Continue reading Norfolk and Good