EARLIER this summer I took off for a couple of weeks to walk the Offa’s Dyke Path. At 180 miles it is a significant challenge taking in geographical obstacles such as the Wye Valley, the Black Mountains, the Shropshire Hills and the Clwydian Range.Read
WE GOT talking at the check-out, watching the long queue of people ahead of us dumping groceries from heavily-laden trolleys on to the crowded supermarket counter.Read
August being the main holiday month and with the current economic situation mixed with the swine flu pandemic I imagine a lot of families will not be jetting off to some far-flung beach this year to soak up the sun.Read
IT IS often said that Islam is like a building that stands on five pillars, the five principal practices of Islam. I have written in previous articles about Sawm (fasting in the month of Ramadan) and Hajj (Pilgrimage to Makka)Read
ON Tuesday, the church celebrated the Feast of the Epiphany – another word for arrival – remembering the arrival of the Magi who travelled to see the baby Jesus at Bethlehem, guided by a star.Read
THIS time of year is an interesting season for those of us who follow the Church calendar with its festivals, saints days and its rhythms of fasting and feasting.Read
SCARCELY has the Day of Atonement, the most solemn day of the Jewish year, ended than we begin to prepare for the most joyful of holidays, Succot, which begins on Monday night.Read
A COMMON experience for most of us over recent weeks as we read our newspapers or tune into the news bulletins will have been a mixture of fear and powerlessness.Read
