It’s an afternoon in early autumn, and I have gathered to meet with a small group of people in the home of mutual friends. When our meeting draws…
I am sitting in the garden of old friends, having been invited to join a barbecue that they are hosting for a group of friends from their church.…
It’s the last day of my holiday and I’ve packed the car. But before I set off on the long drive home, I decide to do one more…
A couple of weeks ago, I woke with a strange sort of cramp in the right side of my neck. I hadn’t changed my sleeping position. I hadn’t…
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…