Thought for the Month November 2026 Pardon? One of the things that used to make my heart sink when I was teaching: an email or phone call from Higher Authority informing me that a pupil, or parent, or colleague had taken offence at something that a member of my department (OK, occasionally it was me!)Read more
Thought for the Month October 2026 It’s Harvest Festival season again in churches throughout the land, a time to give thanks for God’s bounty. There will have been relief for farmers this year, who still had fields to harvest and not destroyed by this summer’s wildfires. For others the story will have been very different.Read more
Thought for the Month September 2026 Forgiveness and Love in Tragedy The events surrounding the fatal A66 traffic collision have left many people shocked, families grieving and created a social outpouring of anger over how it happened. Seven people died, five young men and two on-duty police officers, and the police investigation now includesRead more
Thought for the Month August 2026 I have heard from two people recently that they are Christians, and that they behave accordingly. This made me think about how a Christian should behave. Firstly by looking at Jesus’s life and how he behaved, and then at how modern day society influences our behaviour. Jesus Shortly afterRead more
Thought For The Month July 2026 Are you a Catholic? Am I? Is the Pope? The Editor often beseeches me to keep my Thoughts short and divided into bite-size segments so, ever-obedient, that is what I have tried to do here. I would ask you please to read the next paragraph, otherwise you won’t getRead more
Thought for the Month – Jun 2026 “Othering” Othering is the act of treating or perceiving individuals or groups as fundamentally different, alien, and separate from oneself or the dominant social “norm.” It creates an “us versus them” mindset, which can lead to prejudice, discrimination, and the marginalization of those perceived as outsiders (Oxford DictionaryRead more