When I was a teenager, each summer used to see me attending a Christian venture, where about 100 of us, all aged from 14 to 18, would gather…
One of the hardest parts of being in an ongoing national lockdown, here in the UK, is the lack of in-person interactions with those outside our households. The…
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…
I have written elsewhere on this blog about the powerful worship song, which Jonathan and Melissa Helser wrote, during the battle for the life of a two-year-old American…
Sometimes you stumble upon a ‘light through the cracks‘ story that you just couldn’t make up, even if you tried. Last week, in the Netherlands, an empty metro…
It is late in the summer of 2019 and I’m on vacation in a beautiful part of Italy. My stay has been organised by a Christian holiday company,…
Many of us were rocked, last week, by the shockingly unexpected news of a devastating explosion at the port in Beirut, the capital city of Lebanon. The cause…
It’s a few days before Christmas, when an emergency helicopter airlifts a very young boy from home, and flies him to the Intensive Care Unit of a large…
Some of you will remember this powerful and dramatic light through the cracks testimony, about a British musician who found faith in Jesus and went on to become a Pentecostal…
It’s been about fifteen months since I last saw my Nigerian colleague in person and, in the intervening months, I’m aware he’s been seriously sick. Today, he greets…