It seems that like many English idioms, the phrase ‘short and sweet’, has been in use for hundreds of years. It’s the idea of being positively brief and precise (not being blunt). ‘Short and sweet’ can certainly be said of… Read more

On my way into St John’s last week, I was listening to a discussion on the radio between Steve Chalk, founder of Oasis Trust (Oasisuk.org) ; Prof Robert Beckford, academic theologian and the presenter William Crawley, about the death of… Read more

We have a number of sayings that describe getting older. Those of us who are in the autumn of our lives attract ‘labels’ – words like ‘fossilized’ ’ getting on in years’, ‘rusty’, ‘doddery’ and sometimes worse! Growing old (despite… Read more

Psalm 49 was written by a group of people called the ‘Sons of Korah’. The S of K have an interesting family history! You can read about Korah in the book of Numbers in the Old Testament. Korah led a… Read more

Have you forgotten? Psalm 77 Here we have another Psalm from musical director Asaph. He’s under pressure, wrung out, stressed to the limits. Look at the words Asaph uses to describe his situation: • Distress v.2 Spiritually weak v2 Insomnia… Read more