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Knowing Nothing is a Good Place to Start

01 November 2023

Catherine MacKenzie

Throughout my childhood, from ages 5 to 18, I dreaded the day that my parents received my annual school report card. I think my mother has kept some of these dull but disappointing publications on the off chance that her oldest daughter blindsides the family with a moment of brilliance. She may then wave these foolscap pieces of paper in the faces of various educational professionals and say – So there! But she won’t as she is far too gracious for that…

Wheels and Wings

30 October 2023

Catherine MacKenzie

During the 1980s my family did some mammoth car journeys. My parents seemed to think nothing of attaching a caravan to the back of their Citroen estate and heading off to a tiny little village in the South of France, or a soaking wet caravan site on the banks of the Rhine. The car was one of those unusual vehicles you don’t see anymore, as they’ve been replaced by minivans.

Whatsoever Comes to Pass

14 April 2020

Catherine MacKenzie

Whatsoever comes to pass really does cover everything, all the bases as they say. Everything you experience during every day of your existence comes under its span. Whatsoever comes to pass means – the good, the bad and the ugly, and God has foreordained whatsoever comes to pass.

Richard Bewes (1934 – 2019)

13 May 2019

Catherine MacKenzie

Richard could tell a story – he really could. He had that gifting which not many people have of being able to capture an audience without drawing attention to himself, because in the end, what he had to say was not about him it was about Jesus.