by Julie Turner | Jul 30, 2016 | What's Happening
There is a saying ‘great minds think alike’ (with the ending ‘while fools seldom differ’…), and a recent visit to Chester Cathedral made me smile: This is another ‘alphabet of faith’, with Jesus Christ firmly at the centre (it...
by Julie Turner | Jul 22, 2016 | What's Happening
A role model is a person who leads by example, ideally someone whose lifestyle inspires us to follow in ways that will be helpful and beneficial to others. Celebrities are often perceived as role models because of the influence they have on impressionable young...
by Julie Turner | Jul 18, 2016 | What's Happening
The last night of the Proms (an eight-week summer season of daily orchestral classical music concerts held mainly at the Royal Albert Hall in London) traditionally ends with Edward Elgar’s ‘Pomp and Circumstance March No. 1’, with ‘Land of Hope...
by Julie Turner | Jul 17, 2016 | What's Happening
We had two more birthdays to celebrate tonight, one retrospectively and one in advance:
by Julie Turner | Jul 17, 2016 | Talking Point!, What's Happening
Graham Kendrick captures the value of an individual in this song: ‘Is a rich man worth more than a poor man? A stranger worth less than a friend? Is a baby worth more than an old man? Your beginning worth more than your end? Is a president worth more than his...
by Julie Turner | Jul 17, 2016 | Talking Point!, What's Happening
Garry’s ‘Talking Point’ sermon tonight looked at the subject of celebrity culture. Celebrities seem to enjoy incredible importance and influence in the Western world, be they film stars, sportspeople, talent show winners or Internet celebrities....