It’s a beautiful sunny day in early Spring, when I manage to persuade my elderly mum out of the warmth of her house, and we decide to drive…
For a number of years now, I have been reading through the Bible in a year. Each January, as I start afresh with this annual discipline, I always…
I spent much of my childhood living in a small rural community, attending a local village primary school, surrounded by rolling fields and woodland. Growing up in this…
Recent weeks seem to have unleashed unprecedented levels of fear. Fear that has arisen within nations, between nations, and then swept across the global stage. Fear that has…
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…
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 am shopping for groceries at the supermarket, heading towards payment, when I sense a gentle nudge from the Holy Spirit: I need to join the small queue…
Sometimes, when you’ve been friends with people for a while, you forget that not everybody knows their back story. But when it includes an incredible tale of God’s…