Pause for Thought

Having heard it was a healthy food to use I bought some fresh turmeric and cooked with it.

Its distinctive yellow stain lingered for days afterwards - anyone shaking my hand could tell I’d handled it. Similarly as we ‘handle’ sacred things - faith, goodness and kindness - those encountering us ought to be able to tell. The words of a poster sum it up: “If you were convicted for being a person of faith would there be enough evidence to convict you?”

Geoffrey Clarke, Chaplain, Royal British Legion, Worksop Branch; Minister, The Crossing Church & Centre, Worksop.