This is March’s ‘thought for the month’. (You can read February’s ‘thought for the month’ here, and January’s here, with the latter including an explanation about why I’m interspersing…
This is February’s ‘thought for the month’. (You can read January’s ‘thought for the month’ here, including an explanation about why I’m interspersing these thoughts, with my stories,…
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…
About a month before Christmas, during the daily early evening national news programme, BBC television showed some profoundly moving film footage from Burnley, a market town in North…
It’s thanks to a friend on social media that I have stumbled upon this story – because she knows Johanna, the young woman to whom it belongs. My…
I love discovering the stories behind my favourite worship songs. So I was delighted to stumble across the story of how Bethel Music’s ‘Goodness of God’ came to…
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s always encouraging to hear stories of how God is bringing lightthroughthecracks into people’s lives. This one comes from a Northern…
I recently stumbled upon a reflection, written by a stranger, from a secular perspective, which I found really helpful: “We are all in the same storm,” the…
C.S. Lewis once wrote: “Everyone says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until he has something to forgive.” It was on the Cross that Jesus prayed, “Father, forgive them,…