Arriving in a new place of work is something many of us will have done. For some, that will have meant simply travelling in a new direction; for others, new work will have involved new location with all the hassle that comes with that.
We’ve almost arrived at one of my favourite weekends of the year: the end of British Summer Time! (Not that it really ever began this year, you might be tempted to say)
A couple of Sundays ago, the centre of Bury was closed off for the annual Bury 10km run. Events like these can prove to be an opportunity for some and an inconvenience to others: I’ll let you decide which category you fall into!
Well it’s that time of year again when all the retail outlets are bedecked with “Back to School” stationery, uniforms, holdalls, pencil cases and anything else that might be deemed essential to the successful launch of a new academic year.
They laid hands on Jesus and arrested him... they took Jesus to the high priests; and all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes were gathered. (Mark 14.46,53)
Already this year has a strange feel to it, you might say. Changes in leadership and direction; established institutions on the brink of fragmenting and an underlying sense of unease - where will we all end up?
Somebody said to me last week that he was fed up with the Referendum Campaign and wished it had never happened: ‘What do we pay politicians for, if it isn’t to take decisions on behalf of the rest of us?’, he asked.
