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…
One of the questions I am most frequently asked, as an author, is the question of why God allows suffering. The premise is this: “If God is a…
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.…
This year’s Easter felt much more moving than normal. Did you feel the same? For the past two years, the Covid pandemic has meant I’ve spent Easter at…
Sometimes I stumble upon a “light through the cracks” story, which overwhelms me in the magnitude of the miracle involved, and this is one of them. According to…
I recently discovered a new word – ‘doomscrolling’ – which describes the act of spending excessive amounts of screen time devoted to reading negative news, leading to heightened feelings…