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November 2021
November 27, 2021

Mervin Tinker

Mervin Tinker                   Word on the Week                     27th November 2021. “Then the king said to his men, “Do you not realize that a commander and a great man has fallen in Israel this day?” (2 Samuel 3:38). The death occurred this week of Mervin Tinker.   He was minister at St John’s Parish Church, Hull.   He was […]

November 20, 2021

The Disappeared

The Disappeared             Word on the Week          20th November 2021. Here in Ireland the tragedy of teenage girls disappearing, sadly, is not new. What was new this week was the disappearance of the young Chinese tennis star who has endeared herself to the sporting world following her success in the doubles tournament at Wimbledon. Peng […]

November 13, 2021

Countryside in Autumn

Countryside in Autumn              Word on the Week          13th November 2021. There is a saying that all news is local.   Results of competitions that happen countrywide find their matching result nearer home.   Thus it was with the 2021 Tidy Towns Competition when our local Village of Kill carried off the Co Kildare Gold prize for Category […]

November 6, 2021

Modern People

Modern People                Word on the Week                     6th November 2021. It was back in 1983 that Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn said, “Men have forgotten God”.   Some of the out-working of this prophetic statement were evident at COP 26 Conference in Glasgow this week.   They were seen in how the many ways of currently doing things, which harmed others, […]

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