Friday, 8th November: Baby Godwin I went to the hospital at 9.15 this morning with Denis and Ben (the eldest in the family) to be there with Margaret and Miriam when the doctor came to see baby Godwin. We had to wait a long time. Although Miriam is actually on the mental health ward at … Continue reading TESO DIARY Part 3

Saturday to Thursday, 2nd to 7th Nov: Kobwin and Soroti Saturday: I gave the Opol twins two craft models to make and paint, which I helped them do after breakfast and packing. We went to see the three baby rabbits which had just been born. “They’re so cute” said Apio, but I wasn’t so sure … Continue reading TESO DIARY Part 2

Part 1: 28th Oct to 1st Nov As usual, I have got very behind in writing up my dairy! Monday – Wednesday, 28th – 30th October There was ice covering the car when we set off for Birmingham airport at 3.30am on Monday 28th - and brilliant lightning followed by warm torrential rain which flooded … Continue reading TESO DIARY part 1

Less than three weeks after getting home from Madagascar, I'm off in a few hours' time  to Uganda for a month! Summary of my (provisional) itinerary Mon. 28th Oct:  Arrive in Entebbe where I will be met by Rev Sam Opol and taken back to his home in UCU, Mukono for two days. I will … Continue reading MY ANNUAL VISIT TO UGANDA

It's a long time since I wrote in my Blog - partly because of so much coming and going and "crossing of cultures"! We celebrated our Wedding Anniversary on 15th July in Cardiff, attending the Graduation of Becky (our eldest granddaughter) as a Doctor, along with her fiancé Rob. They have now moved up to … Continue reading COMING AND GOING

I have just returned from Norway where I went to attend the funeral and burial of our friend Kåre Sekkesæter in Ranheim Church just outside Trondheim, following his sudden death on 12th June. It was so good to be with his family (Gunnvor, Bjørn, Irene, Geir, Hans Olav, whom we've known since 1983, and their … Continue reading Reflections after returning from Kåre’s funeral

I have just had two nights away in the campervan with Amelia (my youngest granddaughter, aged 7) and my cat (Willow). We stayed on a site near Buxton, had some lovely walks, went into Poole's Cavern and went pony trekking in the rain to Three Shires Head.  

The Bible says that humankind is made in the “image and likeness” of God. Has this led us to extrapolate back in our desire to try to understand what God is like - but in doing so, have we actually created God in our image and likeness, albeit somehow ‘bigger’ and ‘better’ and more ‘perfect’? … Continue reading ALL-MIGHTY OR ALL-VULNERABLE?

"I am one with the source insofar as I act as a source by making everything I have received flow again—just like Jesus." (A quotation from Raimon Panikkar) Raimundo (or Raimon) Panikkar (1918–2010) was a Catholic priest who was born of a Spanish Catholic mother and a Hindu father. His Hinduism led him to the … Continue reading THE TRINITY IS UNIVERSAL

I was recently reading "Gateway to the Trinity" by Tony Castle. It is based on Rublev's Icon and has given me new insights which build on my reflections over the past few years. The following are extracts from Chapters 3 and 4: "Rublev is the first iconographer to use the structure of a circle in … Continue reading HOW RUBLEV’S ICON SHOWS US A WAY INTO THE TRINITY