I have been invited to speak to an inter-church group, who have gathered together in their local village hall. Feeling nervous and unsure about what to expect, a…
It’s not every week that I make a grown man start to cry. Especially not a British one, who’s basically a ‘familiar stranger’. But it just so happens…
It’s not every day that you find yourself praying for a complete stranger and his wife – and especially not over the phone – but this is what…
This is January’s ‘thought for the month’. At the end of each month last year, I wrote a ‘thought for the month’. I asked my mailing list subscribers…
In today’s blog post, I’m delighted to be introducing you to a friend who recently got in touch to tell me about an unexpected lightthroughthecracks encounter that she…
During the pandemic of the past year, there have been several times when prominent Christians have tried to urge our national leaders to call the country to prayer.…
Every couple of months, the window cleaner will send me a text, telling me he’s going to turn up the following day, and asking me to leave access…
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…
Working as I do, in international development, in a global role, it means I’ve visited many nations on my work travels. About 12 years ago, one of those…