Another week, another twist in our collective life in the pandemic. I’ve already lost track of what we can and what we cannot do; what we should and what we shouldn’t do… My confusion gets greater each week with newly tweaked rules, regulations and guidelines – and I am in a relatively comfortable situation as semi-self-isolation has been my regular…
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Since his early days, John was determined to reach the top level as a football player. He trained hard, and spent many hours a day in the gym, sculpting his body to look like a top player. He kicked the ball around in his garden and learnt a variety of tricks and techniques with the ball. In all his efforts…
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‘If you want to be involved as a volunteer in this youth group, you must reach such and such average mark at school’ was the message conveyed to a group of teenagers in one of my previous parishes. The bar was set at the beginning of each term. Once after such an announcement, a young man approached me to talk…
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Years ago, a friend of mine asked me to take her cousin on a hill walk to show her the best of the famous Scottish Highlands. I knew she was a capable hillwalker, so I agreed and decided on the Lairig Ghru western ridge, made up of four Munros: Braeriach, Cairn Toul, the Angel’s Peak and the Devil’s Point. The…
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When top football players make headlines, it’s usually for all the wrong reasons. However, most recently we’ve heard quite a lot about a certain Marcus Rashford of Manchester United and England fame. He’s made headlines by appealing to the British government for free meals for the poorest children in England. I’m not going to delve into an ongoing discussion whether…