A year before Julia and I retired from the Baptist Ministry and returned to live in Bewdley, Worcestershire, we spent a weekend in the town to reacquaint ourselves with the area. One evening at a local pub a small group of fellow customers, on discovering that we were ordained Baptist Ministers, began to regale us […]

Many, many years ago, as a small child, I was given a compass (for navigation purposes not drawing) by a relative. I was not that impressed at the time. I would rather have had a toy, or sweets, or even money to be honest. Over time, however, I got to love that compass. It came […]