We’ve almost arrived at one of my favourite weekends of the year: the end of British Summer Time! (Not that it really ever began this year, you might be tempted to say)
A couple of Sundays ago, the centre of Bury was closed off for the annual Bury 10km run. Events like these can prove to be an opportunity for some and an inconvenience to others: I’ll let you decide which category you fall into!
Well it’s that time of year again when all the retail outlets are bedecked with “Back to School” stationery, uniforms, holdalls, pencil cases and anything else that might be deemed essential to the successful launch of a new academic year.
They laid hands on Jesus and arrested him... they took Jesus to the high priests; and all the chief priests, the elders, and the scribes were gathered. (Mark 14.46,53)
Already this year has a strange feel to it, you might say. Changes in leadership and direction; established institutions on the brink of fragmenting and an underlying sense of unease - where will we all end up?
