October 2021 Homily – Godsends

I am a lucky, lucky, lucky man! I’ve said it before and I will say it again. I am a lucky, lucky, lucky man! This was how I began my 3-minute talk to the year 12/13 at Chapel Assembly at school a few days ago. We had been doing a week-long collection for the Bradford...

August 2021 Homily

Beautiful game to Astrolabe ! At the risk of repeating myself… I am not a great fan of football! However, I used to be in the 70s in the heyday when Leeds United were at the top of the tree under the legendary Don Revie with players such as Allan Clarke, Terry Cooper,...

July 2021 Homily

35! Million or Billion? Not blessed with great mathematical skills, I do however manage to stay in credit and I do also know the difference between 35 million and 35 billion. Still, I guess it’s an easy mistake to make and, since we are talking money, these are...

June 2021 Homily

Happy 60th ! Not me – I can beat that by a few (!) – nor anyone I know personally … However,  these would certainly know: Dr Agnès Callamard, Ahmet Altan, Paing Phyo Minh, Soon Tabuni, Anwar al-Bunni, Sabir Zazai, Moses Akatugba, Jani Silva, Loujain al-Hathloul,...