RE SETTING THE SAT NAV You know how it is: you have set your sat-nav for the place you want to go to. You follow its instructions to turn right,…

ALL CHANGE: DESTINATION UNWANTED Do you know what this story reminds me of? The TV show “Would I lie to you?” Each contestant tells a highly improbable story about themselves…

ALL CHANGE: NO WAY BACK So- “One more step along the world I go….” The thing about life is that it progresses whether we intend it to or not. Some…

STEALING THE GRAPES I cannot remember a time when I did not know the story of the vineyard. Nor can I remember ever thinking I did not understand what it…

DISCOVERING A NEIGHBOUR Let me tell you a story. When I lived in Banstead, the local council supplied us with wheelie bins for our rubbish. Superior wheelie bins with the…

FINDING THE TREASURE So: buried treasure! It is the stuff of fairy stories, isn’t it? Or Enid Blyton. Someone finds their way into a secret cave or a hidden dungeon…

SEIZING THE DAY Suppose it was my party that no-one wanted to come to? Suppose, like Naomi, I put a lot of thought and effort into organising it, sent out…

ARE YOU WORTH IT? Our young people did some lively, up to date dramatic presentations on the stories of the lost sheep and the lost coin. OK. The Bad News…

PLANNING FOR GROWTH “From tiny acorns mighty oaks do grow.” Wow! Life is incredible. As Jesus said, we plant tiny seeds and whilst we sleep, they grow- into strawberries and…

GOING FOR GOLD Jesus’ parables are the kind of stories you can read and enjoy on different levels. I have used the parable of the talents in school assemblies to…