by Tony Horsfall | Feb 22, 2021 | Blog
Growing up as a boy, a highlight of my week came on Saturday when I went to watch sport on TV with a family friend, Mr Padgett. We had no TV, so this was a real treat. We watched horse racing, wrestling and got the football scores. Halfway through his wife would bring...
by Tony Horsfall | Feb 10, 2021 | Blog
The great Biblical antidote to the negative feelings created in us by winter lockdown is to fix our eyes on Jesus. It is to turn our thoughts towards him and, if we have lost connection with him through the challenges we face, to consciously bring ourselves back into...
by Tony Horsfall | Feb 8, 2021 | Blog
I really enjoy musical theatre, so last night’s Musicals: The Greatest Show on BBC1 was a real treat. One song stood out for me, a song I hadn’t heard before called ‘You Will Be Found’, from the Broadway hit Dear Evan Hansen. It’s a song about loneliness, and the...
by Tony Horsfall | Feb 4, 2021 | Blog
It’s a scene that was played out so many times during my marriage. I would be scratching around trying to find something, and Evelyn would ask in her gentle, Scottish accent, ‘What have you lost?’ The answer would usually be something like my pen / car keys / glasses....
by Tony Horsfall | Jan 18, 2021 | Blog
Some time ago I was helping my grandson George into his car seat in the back of my car, when I accidentally banged his head. He started to cry. ‘Come on, George, be brave,’ I said. ‘But I don’t want to be brave,’ he replied. I guess we all know that feeling. Sometimes...
by Tony Horsfall | Dec 16, 2020 | Blog
During 2020 the experience of lockdown has impacted all we do, and in particular caring for loved ones who are terminally ill, and grieving those who have passed away. My wife Evelyn had been struggling with a recurrence of breast cancer for over four years when she...
