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  • A tribute to Helen by Hennie Johnston

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    Peter Sidebotham
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    Today, Helen’s Birthday, I look back to the words our friend Hennie spoke at her funeral:           I first met Helen, Peter, Esther and Jo when they moved up to Coventry from Bristol, and made their home here at Holy Trinity, when I was the curate. I can remember one of…

  • February 10th

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    Peter Sidebotham
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    ‘I am the resurrection and the life.’ David’s words boomed down the church. David’s words?  Jesus’ words? ‘I am the resurrection and the life.’ His powerful voice seemed to fill every corner of the building, rising to the medieval doom painting above us, echoing round the massive stone pillars, projecting up to the towering spire…

  • Living in the Gap (A Poem for Helen)

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    Peter Sidebotham
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        We are living in the gap between the way things are and the way they will be.           We are living in the gap between starving children and MTV, living in the gap between military budgets and illiteracy.   We are living in the gap between the world that’s…