“Do you remember me?” The man posing the question is gazing at me with a wry smile, his head tilting slightly sideways. He seems vaguely familiar, but I’m…
I am heading towards the end of a writing retreat, in a beautiful part of North Wales, where the mountains meet the sea – and on this particular…
It is a beautiful spring day, and I need a new key, so I have headed to my local locksmiths to get one cut. What I am not…
One of the things I love about my ministry is being invited to speak in new places – be it festivals, conferences, church services or other events –…
I am standing outside my front door, clasping hold of a steaming mug of tea, having just handed over a similarly filled mug to Andy*, the handyman. He…
As I drive to the pharmacy, a deluge of rain starts lashing the car windscreen, the wipers sloshing their way through a full speed workout. I debate whether…
I love it when friends send me “light through the cracks” stories that they have stumbled upon, simply because they know how much I enjoy discovering them. This…
I have been invited to pray for a woman who I have never met before. Let’s call her Ella*. Ella is a beautiful, slim, dark-haired woman, in her…
A few days ago, I was walking along a busy city centre street, when I noticed a man in a high viz, fluorescent orange jacket, meandering slowly towards…
I am sitting in the waiting room at the local dentist’s surgery, trying to fill in a long and complicated electronic form, which has been handed to me…