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None of us chose to exist. We just do. That’s either by chance or by choice. If by chance, then the meaning of our life is chance; it can mean anything or nothing. But if by choice, then the meaning of our life is in the will of the One...

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I was thinking how that reading from Ecclesiastes is a sort of A-Z of all the things in life that there is time for. Steve’s A-Z about his Dad is almost an echo of it. The alphabet of life is the alphabet of time and by the sounds of it...

I suppose there’s no question that whoever wrote that reading we heard from the Book of Ecclesiastes is right in saying that in life there’s a time for everything under the sun. No-one can deny, though, that some use their time better than others, and use it for better things...

Renewed thanks to Elaine for delivering the eulogy on Shaun. The first word that came to mind as I read over it yesterday was: simplicity. Shaun comes across as a straightforward man, without complexes, accepting and getting on with whatever blessings, joys, challenges and sufferings life gave him. It sounds...