Thu,06 Jul 2023
1251
As a Spiritualist I believe that life is given to us by God. It is a precious gift which we must use and cherish before we give it back to God when our earthly life is over. I was handed
this gift a...Read More
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Tue,06 Jun 2023
977
This is a saying in our language used to indicate the decline or fall from grace of a person (a great personality) or group who used to be very successful and important. Like so many of our sayings it...Read More
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Tue,16 May 2023
1161
On a recent GB News programme they were interviewing a gentleman about Climate Change. He said that the world was going to end and, because of this, he was not going to have any children. Well — I ha...Read More
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Wed,05 Apr 2023
1210
I recently came across the following quotation and I thought how true it was.
“One of the greatest challenges in life is being yourself in a world that’s trying to make you like everyone else.” ...Read More
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Fri,10 Mar 2023
1342
DEATH — A TEMPORARY SEPARATION
Our world is faced with death and dying every day. It is part of life. It has been on the news that Matt Hancock wanted “to frighten the pants off people about Covid”...Read More
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Tue,07 Feb 2023
1087
MY TROUBLED COUNTRY.
One of the very first articles I ever wrote (and had published) was in 2011. It was called “Going to the Dogs” and I wrote about what a mess the country was in with murders, th...Read More
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Fri,23 Dec 2022
1171
PEACE ON EARTH.
One of the things which I enjoy most about Christmas is listening to and singing Christmas Carols. Recently I attended a Carol Service and one of the carols we sang is a particular ...Read More
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Mon,28 Nov 2022
1115
Two Great Truths of Spiritualism.
Our world today is once again facing the results of a war between two nations where an aggressor country deliberately attacked an innocent neighbour. We read of t...Read More
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Thu,29 Sep 2022
1146
“Promoted to Glory” is a well-known phrase which is used by the Salvation Army at the funeral of one of their members. I have always thought that it was a lovely way of referring to the death of a lov...Read More
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Fri,05 Aug 2022
2257
It is always sad to learn of the passing of a favourite entertainer, a star of the silver screen or an actor in a tv drama series. Recently the death was announced on TV of Nichelle Nichols who was on...Read More
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Thu,14 Jul 2022
1187
One of my favourite books and one of the best I have ever read is called “The Listener” by Taylor Caldwell. (available on Kindle). It has 15 chapters and each chapter is the story of how an unhappy ...Read More
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Mon,20 Jun 2022
2495
I am writing this article for those who are afraid of death and dying and also for those who do not believe in the existence of the next world.
As a Spiritualist I could not be more certain of any...Read More
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Fri,20 May 2022
2218
DO ANIMALS GO TO HEAVEN?
As a Spiritualist, a question I am frequently asked by non-spiritualists is “Do animals go to heaven?” I want to say YES, YES, YES! The reason offered for animals not goi...Read More
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Wed,27 Apr 2022
2507
EVIL TRIUMPHS WHEN GOOD PEOPLE DO NOTHING
When we are born into this world we accept without question the rules of right and wrong as given to us by our parents and those in authority. It is only...Read More
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Wed,02 Mar 2022
4414
Accepting God’s Guidance.
One of my favourite hymns is “Guide me o thou great Jehovah” (or Redeemer as it is sometimes called).The author of the hymn was a Welsh layman-preacher named William Wil...Read More
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Thu,27 Jan 2022
3356
It has been said that to believe in God you only need one answered prayer. Well, to believe in communications from the next world perhaps it also needs just one evidential message.
During the cours...Read More
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Mon,20 Dec 2021
1283
What does Christmas mean to you? Does it mean time off work, getting good things to eat, receiving presents, parties and family re-unions. Of course all of these are happy experiences but let us pause...Read More
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Tue,16 Nov 2021
1313
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND……
A phrase found frequently on my lips these days is “I do not understand” the words being caused by news items on the TV or in newspapers.
I do not understand why someone bo...Read More
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Fri,22 Oct 2021
1736
As a child I always thought of God as being an old man with a long white beard, sitting on a throne, wagging His finger at me and telling me I would be punished for some childish misdemeanour. It was ...Read More
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Wed,15 Sep 2021
1574
In all of our lives there are dates when something has happened in our personal life and we think “I will never forget that day!” Well the same thing can happen in countries and in the world and such ...Read More
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Mon,02 Aug 2021
1260
BECOME A SHINING LIGHT.
Have you noticed how often the word “Shining” appears in the Bible and also in hymns and gospel songs? In the Old Testament in Numbers 6:25 we have that lovely blessing wh...Read More
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Wed,09 Jun 2021
1567
JUSTICE FOR JAKE — AND OTHERS.
Everyone in the UK and indeed around the world, has been horrified at the story of Jake, the dog, who was viciously beaten and then buried alive under a pile of rock...Read More
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Wed,05 May 2021
1145
NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
“Nearer my God to Thee” is a 19th Century Christian hymn composed by Sarah Flower Adams in 1841 who came from Harlow in Essex. It is a hymn which will be forever associated w...Read More
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Fri,12 Mar 2021
1165
MAKE ME A CHANNEL OF YOUR PEACE.
Channelling is about someone acting as an intermediary between the world of the living and the world of spirit.
The form of channelling with which we are all mos...Read More
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Mon,01 Feb 2021
1189
I recently came across two phrases in a short story about the rabbits of Watership Down by Richard Adams. The phrases were “The Land of Yesterday” and “ The Land of Tomorrow.” The story is about a rab...Read More
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Tue,15 Dec 2020
1159
GOD BLESS US EVERYONE!
Almost everyone will recognise the above quotation which comes from the novel
“A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens. The book has gone through many editions, a number of ...Read More
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Tue,27 Oct 2020
1354
The Sweet Bye and Bye.
My Mother’s favourite gospel hymn was called “In the Sweet Bye and Bye” and it’s chorus was “we shall meet on that beautiful shore.” {lots of recordings on the internet if y...Read More
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Thu,20 Aug 2020
1163
A very common saying today, with reference to money, is “You can’t take it with you” when a discussion is taking place on the advisability of buying something which is perhaps rather expensive. Of cou...Read More
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Thu,25 Jun 2020
1232
MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF DISTANT HEALING.
In 2006 I was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. The tumour, a very small one, was removed and I was given Radiotherapy. Ten years later I was again suffe...Read More
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Wed,03 Jun 2020
947
GOD IS COLOUR BLIND.
The entire civilized world is horrified at the latest racist murder which has taken place in the USA. Another black citizen deliberately murdered by a white police officer...Read More
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Wed,29 Apr 2020
1154
We are all living in terrible times and this period will go down in history just like the plague and the Black Death that we all learned about in school. It is hard to believe the number of deaths not...Read More
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Mon,23 Mar 2020
913
This quotation is from the opening chapter of “A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens and surely very relevant to the present situation today in the whole world. Certainly it is the worst of times...Read More
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Sun,09 Feb 2020
930
We are all familiar with the New Year’s Honours System when our country recognizes the achievements and services of those people who have served their country well or devoted their life to worthy caus...Read More
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Thu,21 Nov 2019
1060
“Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased, pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow?” These are lines from Shakespeare’s Macbeth, known I am sure to many readers. Throughout our life we all endure emot...Read More
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Wed,18 Sep 2019
1724
“If I can help somebody as I pass along then my living shall not be in vain.”
These lines are from a well-known song and surely we all want to think that when our life ends it has not been lived i...Read More
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Fri,26 Jul 2019
1434
“LET THERE BE PEACE ON EARTH”
“Let there be peace on earth” is the first line of a well-known hymn and surely the words are very relevant to today's world. There never has been peace on earth for o...Read More
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Fri,14 Jun 2019
1480
Like so many others I have been watching the D-Day commemorations for what happened 75 years ago on the 6th June, 1944. It was a necessary action to bring to an end an evil regime which had enslaved t...Read More
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Thu,25 Apr 2019
1699
At a recent Spiritualist Church service I was at, the medium said we were all born with two bodies — a physical body which we would lose when we crossed to the next world and a spiritual body which wo...Read More
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Mon,28 Jan 2019
2010
The word “Love “ is a word that is so much overused in our language that it has lost it's true meaning. How often do we use the word in everyday conversation - “I love your new car”, “I love that p...Read More
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Thu,17 Jan 2019
1764
Years ago I worked with a young colleague who was musically talented and very good at playing the piano. One evening the staff all met up for a get-together at her home and she entertained by playing ...Read More
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Tue,11 Dec 2018
1839
“I said to the man who stood at the gate of the year, Give me a light that I may travel safely into the unknown.” These lines are from a poem by Minnie Louise Haskins and the poem became famous after ...Read More
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Mon,12 Nov 2018
2138
Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet and dramatist and is well-known for his only novel “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and for his plays of which “An Ideal Husband” and “The Importance of being Earnest” are t...Read More
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Wed,10 Oct 2018
2012
Almost everyone knows the words of this lovely song made famous by Dame Vera Lynn during World War 2. It was written at a time when many were saying goodbye to husbands, sons, brothers and sweetheart...Read More
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Wed,05 Sep 2018
2008
How do you think of God? Is He a remote figure? Are you afraid of Him? Are you not aware of Him? Or is He perhaps an important part of your life and the person you turn to when in trouble?
I recen...Read More
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Mon,06 Aug 2018
2129
Some years ago I came across the expression about looking for the golden nuggets in each day. This made me think and I resolved to try and find for myself nuggets in my daily life. I realised that as...Read More
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Tue,03 Jul 2018
2049
We are all appalled at the horrendous things which happen in our world. As Robert Burns put it “Man’s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn.” We remember the horrors of the holocaust, the...Read More
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Tue,05 Jun 2018
2599
This is a well-known gospel hymn. It was written by Philip P. Bliss, (1838-76) a Chicago Sunday School Teacher to teach his students about the Book of Daniel.
Although the hymn is about standing f...Read More
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Wed,02 May 2018
3087
Many readers will have heard of an American inspirational poem called “The Dash” written in 1996 by Linda Ellis. The poem has become increasingly popular and is often read at funerals. For those who...Read More
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Thu,29 Mar 2018
4689
Reincarnation is one of those “touchy” subjects which people either believe in or dismiss as a “load of rubbish.” I have read that even in the next world it is a subject of controversy — and you woul...Read More
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Wed,14 Mar 2018
6804
Ada McKay is a retired librarian. She is also a Spiritualist – not a medium, not a healer not a psychic – just an ordinary person who finds the teachings of Spiritualism more relevant to life than the...Read More
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Tue,31 Oct 2017
5465
Whenever anyone asks me about my religion I no longer prevaricate with my answer as I did years ago but instead say boldly "I am a Spiritualist." So why am I so certain and proud of my religious belie...Read More
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Sun,02 Aug 2015
20475
Like everyone else around the world I am horrified at the action of the American dentist Dr Walter Palmer in deliberately killing Cecil the lion. It is incomprehensible to me that he "enjoys this acti...Read More
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Sat,31 Aug 2013
9692
WHO IS MY NEIGHBOUR?
This question was put to Jesus and caused him to tell the story of the Good Samaritan. In the story Jesus tells of a man who fell victim to robbers and, whilst others passed by o...Read More
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Sat,05 Mar 2011
9581
To many people, Spiritualism means one thing and one thing only -- talking to the so-called dead. I use the term "so-called" deliberately because all true spiritualists know that no one dies -- we all...Read More
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