May 29, 2020 | Leighton Buzzard Observer Articles
For years a sentence in the Bible puzzled me: “when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy”(James 1:2). I couldn’t make sense of it. How could there be joy in suffering? Since then I have come to see I was looking through the eyes...
Apr 24, 2020 | Leighton Buzzard Observer Articles
Some time ago I met an elderly man who’d received a charity mailing seeking support for people living alone. “I guess that’s like me”, he said and was surprised to be one of “those” people who needed help. With a shrug of his shoulders he explained that nearly all of...
Apr 10, 2018 | Leighton Buzzard Observer Articles
Imagine you’re in a hurry, rushing down a street. Suddenly and without warning, there’s someone behind you. You feel a hard thump and the next thing you know you are on the ground. You’re in pain, your head is ringing from the impact and you’re confused. Then you...
Sep 13, 2017 | Leighton Buzzard Observer Articles
My first grandchild has just been born, what a joyful experience! One of the things my grandmother used to say whenever there was a new birth in the family was that “new babies bring their love with them”. It was only years later when my own children were born, and...
Aug 8, 2017 | Leighton Buzzard Observer Articles
I enjoyed going to the cinema recently to see “War for the Planet of the Apes”. A man-made virus has devastated much of the human population but for apes it gives them increased intelligence. A new ape society arises of equality, peace, where ape will never kill ape....
Sep 18, 2016 | Leighton Buzzard Observer Articles
Have you caught many? They could be down your street or behind the bus! There are 143 in total, some of which are hatched from eggs. Pokemon Go is a revolution in the way (some) people play games and the furore since it’s release on July 6 th and has got people whose...
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