Wedding preparations (2)

One of the lessons we taught our son and his fiancée during their wedding preparations was the need to spend more time preparing for their marriage than they did preparing for their wedding day. A wedding lasts a day; a marriage lasts a lifetime. It’s very easy,...

Wedding Preparations

Song of Songs 3:6-11 speaks of wedding preparations. I spent from July 2014 to September 2015 involved in the wedding preparations of my son and his fiancée. On the agenda included venues and menus, table decorations, reception room decorations, photographs, music...

The Cult of Competence

Our society values competence. It’s an essential requirement of every job description. It’s what makes life function. Without competence we’re ignorant buffoons, bumbling around Laurel-and-Hardy style, and while slapstick may be a valid comedy form,...

Dates for the diary

There is a consultation meeting on Saturday 30th January from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Salvation Army. This meeting is entitled ‘Dreams For Goldthorpe’ and is organised by a group of architecture students from Sheffield University who have been learning...