Over a year ago I watched, fascinated, new-born Aidan and his grandmother getting to know each other; without language, copying each other, looking into each others’ eyes and…
He has no-one else to talk to or share his life with, being in a single cell in Norwich prison. He prefers to be alone and finds it difficult to share a room with other inmates.…
I am but an hour-glass. These tiny glinting grains Comprise my store of seconds, My sum of joys and pains.
You are my friends if you do what I command you… This is what I command you: Love one another. John 15:14 and 17
At Hemel Hempstead, elders and overseers meet once a month. Two items always appear on the agenda – Pastoral Care and Membership. Numerically, Hemel Hempstead is a big Meeting,…
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