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Have faith and hold fast in shifting winds

SOMETIMES life feels like it’s constantly changing, pulling us in a dozen directions, and it’s easy to lose our bearings. Paul reminds Timothy — and all of us — to stick with what we know is true, even when everything else seems up for grabs. He...

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Savour beauty of autumn years

DO you ever feel like autumn? The progression of the seasons gives us a powerful illustration of the direction of our lives. The spring of our lives — childhood, adolescence and early adulthood — full of life and energy, mistakes and learning. Then...

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Books are great but meeting the author is special

I DO love a literary festival. The annual arrival of the Henley Literary Festival brochure is a huge moment in our household as we work out how we can cram in as many events as possible. Each year, the brilliant team behind it seem to surpass...

Finding time to celebrate our life of service

Spiritual revival in response to turbulent times

Remember that you don’t have to face life alone

In times of great stress, be strong and courageous

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From biscuits friends group was formed

MANY people associate the word “quaker” with porridge. Actually, the religious group of friends known as Quakers have no connection with Quaker oats at all but the Henley meeting does have a link with biscuits. Why would a manufacturer choose the...

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Don’t undervalue the importance of taking a break

THE request to write this week’s “Thought” found me lying in the sun at the Kumpula Lido in Helsinki. The pool was built for the 1952 Olympics but there was nothing Olympic about my afternoon of reading in the sun, interspersed with breaks for a...

Major disruption to London Paddington trains after person dies on tracks

All train lines between London Paddington and Reading have closed while emergency services respond to an incident, National Rail has said.

PUB PAIR QUIT AFTER DEBTS REACH £1.5M

TWO entrepreneurs were forced to give up two pubs after accruing debts of more than £1.5 million. Alex Sergeant and David Holliday ran the Bottle and Glass Inn in Binfield Heath and Hart Street Tavern in Henley as separate companies. They were wound...

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Have faith and hold fast in shifting winds

Savour beauty of autumn years

Books are great but meeting the author is special

Finding time to celebrate our life of service

Spiritual revival in response to turbulent times

Remember that you don’t have to face life alone

In times of great stress, be strong and courageous

From biscuits friends group was formed

Don’t undervalue the importance of taking a break

Major disruption to London Paddington trains after person dies on tracks

PUB PAIR QUIT AFTER DEBTS REACH £1.5M

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