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About Me
- Barry
- Bromley, Kent, United Kingdom
- 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.
My Blog List
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Choosing the better part - *Reading: Genesis 18:1-10a; Psalm 15:2-5; Colossians 1:24-28; Luke 10:38-42* Today's readings contain a lot. It's one of those Sundays when perhaps the re...
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EXC: Ofwat’s Boss Had £25,000 “Coaching Support” Sessions on Taxpayer As Regulator Set to Be Scrapped - Beleaguered water regulator Ofwat is going to be shut down after a string of failures, not least over the implosion of Thames Water. *The Government is e...4 hours ago
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Pope renews call for immediate Gaza ceasefire - Pope Leo has renewed his call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, asking the international community to respect international laws and the obligation to ...
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Listen! Learn! Live! - Homily for the 16th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C Would you rather SERVE Jesus or LISTEN to him? That’s a bad question. The right answer is that you need...12 hours ago
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Firebird - This looks like an 8 meter Firebird catamaran, although the wrap around windows are unusual, very dramatic and striking, but unusual The Firebirds are a ...
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“Non Sibi Sed Patriae”: A Reflection on Patriotism - 4 July 2025 Commander William T. Ditewig, United States Navy (ret.) Most citizens of the United States are disheartened by the current state of...
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What happened in the Conclave? - A report from Ines San Martin provides some insight into what led Cardinal Prevost to choose the name Leo XIV. She got some intel into it from Chilean C...
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Learning from Yom Kippur - 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...3 years ago
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DW: Daily Office – Portal Podcast - Portal Magazine · Lent 1 This week I contributed to the new podcast of The Portal Magazine, the monthly online … Continue reading →4 years ago
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‘The Jews are beloved of God’ - 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...5 years ago
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NEW BLOG URL - PLEASE BOOKMARK http://www.barrywhytestorage.blog/ - http://www.barrywhytestorage.blog/ Please note that IBM is sunsetting this blog website, as of 1st January 2020 this blog will vanish off the internet! ...5 years ago
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The Last Post - 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...7 years ago
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Cara Budidaya Ikan Nila - informasi *Budidaya Ikan Nila* yang kami sampaikan dibawah ini sebagai pengetahuan anda semua dalam berbudidaya. Semoga dapat bermanfaat dan sebagai motiv...
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The Helplessness of God - an Advent Reflection - 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...
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Scottish Flora and Fauna - 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...
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iOS 7 Design Consistency: Button Colors - 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...11 years ago
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Silence and Solitude of the Desert Fathers and Thomas Merton - *Introduction* We are all solitaries even if we do not realize it. It is basic and inevitable to being human, for it fundamentally as an individual that ...18 years ago
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