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It’s great to see the swifts in the sky again.  They usually arrive over the village around the end of the first week of May.  This year it was May 10^th, four days later than last year, though that was not altogether surprising since there had been several days of strong northerly winds, not particularly helpful when you are flying up from Southern Africa!

Yesterday was the anniversary of Fusilier Lee Rigby’s death, who was cut down and murdered by Islamist fanatics in 2013. Our armed forces may expect deployment around the world at a moment’s notice. They may also now expect animosity and possible violence from sections of the population. I pray for our servicemen and women that they may know the peace of God. That they who flirt with death might embrace the gospel of Christ, which draws death’s sting like venom from a bite. 

My neighbour has been very busy recently, replacing the surface of his yard.  There were several days of digging out and removing old, cracked slabs, followed by levelling of the ground.  Eventually the new surface was laid, and very smart it looks too.  Of course, he could have just put the new on top of the old, which would have looked just as good – for a li

Well today I enter the fortieth year of my age. I’ve been culturally conditioned to feel morose and melancholic. This is firstly because most people do not want to die. They delay their deaths as much as possible because they are afraid of what they do not know. The Christian has no such fear. So although I am probably 4/7ths of the way through my earthly existence, crossing the river offers no dread.