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Ulysses at 100                   Word on the Week             18th June 2022 The book hit its century this week and shows no lack of vigour that might have been expected of one of such an age.   Written by James Joyce and published in Paris where he was living.   Its publication coincided with his 40th birthday.      At first […]

Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs   Word on the Week     11th June 2022. The Bible has been the source of numerous songs and has its own songbook – the psalms.   Many hymns have an autobiographical flavour. The writer sharing his experience in song.   We will look at John Cennick later. Firstly, we go to Psalm […]

Platinum Jubilee                Word on the Week                       4th June 2022. It is almost a contradiction in terms.   Platinum represents 70 years whereas Jubilee in Scripture is 50 years.      However, over the years the word Jubilee has been added to other significant dates such as 60 years married is a Diamond Jubilee. When Moses was given the […]

Gardens without Borders                    Word on the Week           28th May 2022. You know summer has come when the media proclaims the opening of the Chelsea flower show!  This week long event is a logistical triumph.   Many entries come from round the world.  Keeping their flowers alive and coming to their peak for Chelsea is […]

The Black Hole                       Word on the Week                        14th May 2022. An international team of astronomers on Thursday unveiled the first image of a supermassive black hole at the centre of our own Milky Way galaxy, a cosmic body known as Sagittarius A.    When news of it reached our Men’s Shed on Friday it […]

WOTW                             Word on the Week                     7th May 2022. This one could be called the Blog that talks to itself!   Although I have been going longer than I care to remember the reason for my existence may not be self-evident.   Indeed, it may not be evident at all! Word on the Week came into being […]

Elon Musk’s Tweet                    Word on the Week                    30th April 2022. At this time of year, we are enchanted by the Dawn Chorus.   The mating season is announced daily with a symphony of birdsong.    This week one ‘twitter’ made more noise in the media than the rest and that was Elon Musk.   He parted with […]

The Kinahan Gang                    Word on the Week          23rd April 2022. Growing up, being a member of a gang was a way of life!   At the end of our street was the mart with its network of cattle pens.   These had an alternative use for small boys engaged in an elaborate version of hide […]

Broken World                   Word on the Week                     15th April 2022. There are so many signs of brokenness in the world that we need to go back the Genesis Chapters 1 and 2 for a refresher course.   We can so easily forget how very good it all was in the beginning (chapter 1 verse 31).   Adam had […]