Showing everything tagged as Thought for the week

There is no doubt that Yorkshire Tea has had a rough week. The company has faced a barrage of criticism on social media after the new Chancellor was pictured holding a giant bag of their product.

As I get older I find myself turning often to the Persian poets Rumi and Hafiz and finding comfort there.

It’s been almost four weeks since one of my oldest friends, Nick, had what should have been a fairly routine, albeit serious, operation.

George is a doctor I very much admire.

When I was a kid in Barnsley, I spent most of my spare time working on our family farm, supervised by my grandad.

Hello, there is a human being in here

During December, the reading in church was of the flight to Egypt, telling how the Holy Family were accepted as refugees, fleeing for the life of their son.

Birthdays and anniversaries mean that New Year makes me think of my parents.

‘Where are the young people?’ That was my Tanzanian friend’s reaction to her first service at St Martin’s.