The purpose of any set of instructions is to tell us how to put something together or how something works. They can seem complicated and, sometimes, we think we can manage without them but, like Bryn, we can be left feeling confused, lost, and annoyed if things do not work out as we think they ought.

This Sunday’s theme for worship is based on Jesus’ statement from St John’s gospel. `I am the Good Shepherd”.

Those who care about others pick up a lot of wounds as they go through life. Perhaps there are no great wounds but only a multiplicity of little ones- scratches, wrinkles and welts. Yet these are only the visible wounds.