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…
Autumn is here – and it’s one of my most favourite seasons. When the sun shines out of blue skies, and the trees and hedgerows are at their…
One morning a couple of weeks ago, somewhat bleary-eyed, I headed into the bathroom, and turned on the tap at the basin – but nothing came out. So…
In an average lifetime, there are only a handful of momentous national and international events, where we can all collectively recall and remember when and how we heard…
There is something peculiarly British about the pomp, pageantry and absolute precision of our solemn state occasions – and the way we broadcast such ceremony to the world,…
I don’t know about you, but I’m currently yearning for rain. Here in Britain, it rains so regularly that I’m realising I take it for granted. It’s a…
Has God ever asked you to do something that makes no sense? Something that goes against your better judgment? Something that seems to contradict your knowledge, skills, experience…
Just recently, I found myself reading a familiar story in the Bible, when a phrase leapt off the page at me. This doesn’t happen often but, when it…
Here in the UK, we continue to ease ourselves out of the Covid pandemic, and I regularly find myself embracing “post-pandemic firsts”. It frequently leaves me marvelling at…
I was chatting recently with a former colleague, when he made an interesting observation. “We’re part of a unique generation,” he said, before elaborating on what he meant.…