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When we were in Jerusalem in 2009, we saw evidence of Palestinian houses that had been bulldozed. The rubble was full of furniture, this fits the narrative that bulldozers would turn; up and give an hours notice. The inhabitants were not given time to empty their house.

I am a ?British Catholic. I believe Muslims have suffered the most injustice in recent years. 9/11 was wrong, I cannot condone any violence. I believe the response of the American coalition, was also unjust. Instead of bringing those responsible to account, 176,000 Afghans died, including...

Can we accept the diversity that is Islam, and without prejudice? Muslims pray five times a day, they take fasting seriously, modesty and family is important to Muslims. Yet these are the qualities we overlook. In today's society, anything goes, marriage has little meaning, relationships seem...

Brought the wife some elastic for Christmas, it's the present that keeps giving.

I have been to Jerusalem twice, the second time was to search for a greater understanding of ‘One God’ In 1965, most of the city was within the boarders of Jordan. When we arrived at our hotel, we could hear gunshots, the receptionist said, don’t worry, there is always shooting. I remember...

I hope it is not too painful.

Death in the family, losing your, job, accidents, breakdown in relationships, can all lead to suffering. Suffering is a reaction to events in our life, but is suffering the only option? Can we somehow learn from tragedy, to become more resilient, patient and persevere, can we dig deeper and...

The numbers were taken from Mr Google, roughly a middle ground, so I am not claiming any accuracy. My post was more about justice. Supposedly, the Iraq war was to do with invisible WMDs. This makes America the biggest hypocrite, they only had to look in their own back yard for these weapons...

9/11 was regarded as an act of terror. Yet when the American government gave authority to their troops to bomb and invade Iraq, that was not regarded as an act of terror. How so. About 300,000 Iraqi civilians were killed due to the invasion, about a thousand times the amount killed during 9/11...

I guess the challenge for all of us is, when we hear or read something, what is the intentions behind those words? Are those words inspired by an act of kindness, or some other intention? Tricky, I am guessing we get this wrong a lot.

The UK gives you a small control of where your tax money goes. If I give £10 to a charity, I can gift aid it, this means that the government will top up my donation by 20%. The £2 would come from the income tax I have paid. I wish I could agree with you. Sadly, I can only see man's inhumanity...

I found a deeper understanding of One God; from a marathon event I did. I had about three months training to do a 1200k cycle ride on a single speed, fixed wheel bike. The ride took just under 85 hours, and I had to pedal every inch of the way, meaning, I had to turn the pedals about 225,000...

How do you make someone so desperate, that they are willing to risk their lives in an act of 'terrorism'? Saddam was evil in the eyes of the west, he was hiding invisible WMDs. But is that a good enough reason to invade Iraq. There might be millions of angry Iraqi, who blame America and its...

Ask the victims of those injured, or the relatives of those killed, does it make a difference to you, that your loved ones were killed because of collateral damage, or an act of terrorism? Which is the worse tragedy, the 3000 Americans killed on 9/11, or the 176,000 killed in Afghanistan...

I abhor any violence, 9/11 was an act of terrorism. But, did the US also become terrorists, they bombed and invaded Afghanistan. 176,000 were killed, including 46,000 civilians, 200,000 became refugees. Of the 176,000 Afghans killed, how many were directly responsible for 9/11? My guess would...

Lord, grant me the peace and serenity to live with the things I cannot change. Grant me the courage to change the things I can. And the wisdom to know the difference. This prayer was used by a lady who lived in London during the blitz in WW2. She knew about the death and destruction that was...

You had to make the effort to talk face to face with family, friends and neighbours. We had to do things together; and share things together. Now it is probably easier to talk to a total stranger across the world, who we will never meet; and who we will never share anything face to face. Like...

As this is an age related thread, I am only 74! A test of faith. Before we go out with the Street Pastor team at 11.30 pm, we pray. Part of our prayer is, please Lord, place in our path the people you need us to see. Lord, if there are situations where we don’t know what to do, please help us...

I am a Catholic, and I believe it to be the body and blood of our Lord. Taking the wine can be a test of faith for some people, traditionally, we queue up to take the wine from the same chalice. You could be number thirty, you don't know if anyone in front of you; has some kind of infectious...

Life starts at 80, at least that is what I hope for.