I am a retired Consulting IT Specialist. I have been married to Julia for 50 yearsrs and we are blessed with four children; David, Andrew, Lawrie and Hélèna. Not forgetting the "other half's"; Gaew married to Andrew, Lawrie's partner Emma and Hélèna's husband Sam.
In addition we have two grandchildren - Henry Thomas, son of Lawrie and Emma. Henry was eight in April 2021 and his sister, Georgia Rose, born on 29 December 2017.
I am ordained as a Permanent Deacon in the RC Church - date of ordination 8 June 2013 so am now in my ninth year of ministry.
Normandy Dory
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I wrote about traditional Dory type from the Normandy coast back in 2012
and it was nice to see another example, sadly behind a closed compound
limited op...
From phileo to agape
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*Gospel: John 21:1-19*
Ecclesiologically, Henri de Lubac schematized the first two Christian
millenia in the following way: the first millennium by the as...
Pope Francis: Death of a Tyrant
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Twelve years of an abusive papacy have ended and the relief among faithful
Catholics is palpable.
The world's media response is to wax lyrical about ...
The Cross, Our Spirituality
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Homily at St Dyfrig’s for Good Friday So many people today, if asked about
religion, might answer “I’m not religious, but I am spiritual.” The Cross
is our...
Prayers for Pilgrims: The Journeys Begin
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This coming Thursday, three friends set out on three very different
journeys, but each path has a single goal: to serve God and others. I ask
for prayers o...
Learning from Yom Kippur
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FIND forgiveness. There's an apt phrase. To find forgiveness, we must seek
it out. We must be humble enough to admit our own broken humanity. To
realize th...
DW: Daily Office – Portal Podcast
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Portal Magazine · Lent 1 This week I contributed to the new podcast of The
Portal Magazine, the monthly online …
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‘The Jews are beloved of God’
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I wanted to break my silence today, to post something following the
horrific attacks in my own backyard, close to where I live. Let us hold all
those impac...
The Last Post
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Teresa Shute 5/12/1949 – 10/4/2018 From July 2013 until the end of January
this year I placed at least one post here every single day of the year.
Every da...
Cara Budidaya Ikan Nila
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informasi *Budidaya Ikan Nila* yang kami sampaikan dibawah ini sebagai
pengetahuan anda semua dalam berbudidaya. Semoga dapat bermanfaat dan
sebagai motiv...
The Helplessness of God - an Advent Reflection
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The bedroom in my houseboat has french doors that open onto the water.
This morning I awoke to the sound of a swan approaching in flight. The
power of t...
Scottish Flora and Fauna
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And here is some of the wonderful Flora and Fauna we saw
Slightly overexposed orchid
Look close and you'll see an otter...
David Attenborough (!)
Puffins...
iOS 7 Design Consistency: Button Colors
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While iOS 7 brought many welcome changes to Apple’s mobile operating
system, one category of change that has not set well with many developers
and users is...
cute very cute - and congratulations all round
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