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,…
It is autumn in the UK, and the leaves are turning beautiful shades of golden brown, burnt orange and deep red. The schools have returned for another academic…
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…
At the end of the weirdest of years, I’ve been reflecting on some of the things that 2020 has taught me. On New Year’s Eve, I shared this…
It is a Sunday morning in early October and I have tuned into an online service for a church that I used to attend. A friend has asked…
Recent weeks have seen a worldwide surge in calls for racial justice and equality – a recognition that ‘black lives matter’ – and it’s been impossible to ignore…
When a farmer in rural China is involved in a serious car accident, he is left with depression, insomnia and acute anxiety. But his wife persuades him to…
Nearly three decades ago, a Scottish anaesthetist is volunteering, with Mercy Ships, in the West African country of Sierra Leone. He specialises in obstetric anaesthetics – the provision…
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…