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The ant and the grasshopper - an updated fable
One summer’s day, a grasshopper was working in the field, gathering food for the winter. When he had filled a barrow full, he was called over by the...
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New Year encounter

A young man once asked Buddha to explain the essence of the Teaching. “If you cling, you are bound. If you do not cling, you are free,” Buddha...
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MIND YOUR Ps AND Qs

Let me bring up something That is certain to confuse We've all heard the expression We must mind our Ps and Qs It means to watch your manners But...
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2023

Last night we said goodbye to 2022. Out with the old and in with the new. The new year is here at last. 2022 is a thing of the past. I hope that 2023...
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Extraterrestrial Intelligence
Are they a danger? And yes, potentially. We are defenceless if they meant us harm, any moment they might reveal themselves. It can be at any time but...
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Guaranteed Hope

[Continuing the hymn-for-Sundays series] King Jesus holds out hope that’s guaranteed by God: when sliding on a slippery slope, listen to loving Word...
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It Is True.

A month ago, I did a test with a colleague at work, we said a word, that we would not normally say, in a conversation, then looked on our phones...
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The Sparkles Of New Years Eve Night
The Sparkles Of New Years Eve Night by Paul McCann Sparkles in the night , showers of colours and light , exploding in rhythmic sounds of percussive...
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Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 9

The day has left me shaking. I can’t tell if I am happy or sad. Something has changed. Barely even answering mum as she asks me how my day was, I...
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Alien Murmuration - A Masking Story - Chapter 7
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“His latest obsession.” That’s what my mum calls it. Always with that slight rolling of the eyes that hurts my heart. Mum says that I have to...
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