Bloggers note: I am continuing my weekly readings despite not being able to visit or speak to my dear friend in hospital. Visitors are restricted to family and she is not up to talking on the phone. Her son calls each week with an update on her situation, but I am really starting to miss…

Bloggers Note: Some of you are aware that I have been amateurishly trying to write – an on and off indulgence as I face the reality that I am just a pretty small cog in a huge world of talented scribes. I got all excited about doing a blog and have been helped along the…

Bloggers note: The weekly readings I have been sharing with my friend and posting on this Blog, have covered many varied topics and have not really followed a pre-set course. I have been intrigued some weeks, where the “right” reading has jumped out of the pages of a book and been passed on and discussed…

Bloggers note: The constant barrage of social media and news broadcasts has continued during the week and it is difficult to find some quiet time. It must be so hard for a much older person to wade through the rising tide of differing opinions and beliefs that seem to be shouted at us these days….

Bloggers note: Finding a reading to share this week, has seen me poring over quite a few pages in different books, looking for something that might be appropriate for my dear friend. The news, the media coverage and television footage over recent days must be painful for her at her age and I found it…

Bloggers note: Sticking with William Barclay again this week, to finish up our readings for May. It has been a fascinating, brief insight into this well-known preacher’s writings from many years ago. It has given me an enjoyable and worthwhile challenge as I have trawled through suitable quotes to read to my elderly friend each…

Bloggers note: Continuing on from last week, I am using more writings from William Barclay about the generation gap and surprisingly, although his text is some years old, it maintains relevance in today’s “Covid 19” environment.As I finish “homeschooling” with my two granddaughters and they return to full time classes, I would like to dedicate…

Bloggers note: Quite unexpected to find that today’s reading fits so well with my blog site title……. Generation Gap. I spend a lot of time (and sometimes writing) about the gap between various generations, and recent weeks have seen a lot of comment in mainstream and social media about how people of different ages handle…

Bloggers note: The word for the week has to be “drear”. My lovely Aunty Hazel introduced me to this word of Scottish origin and with the cold, the drizzle, the greyness over the last few days, we can surely agree with her that is “has been a drear week”. “Every Day with William Barclay” William…

Bloggers note: Yesterday we took time to acknowledge those who had given their lives in the service of their country, especially during World War 1. ANZAC Day was celebrated in a different way this year during the COVID 19 restrictions but it was still a chance to pause, remember and pray. The reading I have…