When John, a family doctor from Bristol, aged in his early sixties, set off for a holiday hike on a remote Scottish mountain, he could never have known…
I’m so encouraged to have heard from one of my monthly newsletter subscribers*, who wanted to share a “light through the cracks” story with me. I especially love…
I always enjoy hearing from those who have chosen to subscribe to receive my monthly newsletter*, but I particularly love it when they choose to share their own…
One of the things I love most about my monthly newsletter* is getting to know the lovely people who have chosen to subscribe to it because they enjoy…
This Advent season, I have been re-reading the accounts of the very first Christmas, recorded in the Gospels. Many aspects of the story are familiar. But one thing…
I have been invited to sign and sell my book at a Christmas craft fair, which is being hosted by the parish church for a relatively deprived urban…
My heart feels heavy at the moment: I am praying for two friends who were recently diagnosed with cancer, and a young toddler who has been battling a…
I recently ‘stumbled upon’ an author whose life seems to encapsulate the lightthroughthecracks theme of this blog. Her name is Chrissie Chapman, and her book, ‘The Night the…
It’s not often that you stumble upon a story behind the national news headlines, which forces you to stop a moment, thinking, ‘Wow!’ This is one such story.…
I am meeting for lunch with one of the young women I mentor. Heading for a table in the corner of the tapas bar where we have met…