We live in a world of extremes. This week seems to be pulling all the extremes together. Temperatures continue to rise in Western Europe, drought conditions predominate, wild fires spread uncontrollably, record rainfall has paralysed the area around Tokyo, there was yet another earthquake in South America, examination results peak yet again and to cap it all the predicted total eclipse drew massive crowds for the event of a lifetime.,

It is difficult to know how to respond to all of these which emphasise the power of nature.We have a view of the whole world but each of us occupies only a small part of it. All we can do is to respond to events on a day to day basis and to seek to help those we can along the way.