John Partis
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Ellie Finds Her Father – Part 2
Introduction This is the second and final part of a short story about Ellie and how she finds a new Father. Ellie Higgins is 21. She has just completed her finals at Uni and is excited to see a new chapter in her life unfolding before her. But things don’t go according to plan –
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Ellie Finds Her Father – Part 1
Introduction A short story about Ellie and how she finds a new Father. It will be published in two parts. This is the first instalment. The second will be published on Wednesday 14th January. Ellie Higgins is 21. She has just completed her finals at Uni and is excited to see a new chapter in her
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The Big Freeze
Two poems, Narnia and a reflection on Promise and Purpose The Big Freeze of 1963 In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,In the bleak midwinter, long ago. This is the first verse of Christina Rossetti’s poem “In The
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“Strangers and Pilgrims on the Earth” (Hebrews 11:13)
The death of Archbishop Thomas Becket On the 29 December 1170, 855 years ago, Archbishop Thomas Becket was murdered in Canterbury Cathedral. Quite soon people started to visit his resting place in the cathedral and his tomb became a shrine, a place of pilgrimage. People journeyed from all over England, and others travelled from Europe
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Come and See!
O little town of Bethlehem, how still we see you lie! Above thy deep and dreamless sleep the silent stars go by. Yet in thy dark streets shineth the everlasting light;The hopes and fears of all the years are met in you tonight. Across the valley, its houses spilling down the hillside, the night lights
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Verse 5: O Come, O Come Thou Lord of Might
Can you picture a particular place where the scenery and weather have combined to fill you with awe? A majestic place perhaps, that makes you feel small, maybe even insignificant. I can picture such a place. Last February Jill and I travelled up the coast of Norway, crossed the Arctic Circle and reached the northernmost
