Back in my twenties, I spent a lot of weekends attending friends’ weddings. Nowadays, I only seem to be invited to funerals – and this last month has…
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…
Have you ever experienced times of testing? Times when precious people or possessions are taken away? Times when your faith in God is stretched? Times when it feels…
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…
Earlier this month, I had the joy of fulfilling a long-held dream. As a long-time fan of C.S. Lewis and his books, I did a tour of his…
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 swelteringly hot summer’s day, and I am standing barefoot beneath a huge apple tree, dappled light filtering through its branches, creating beautiful patterns on the…
Just recently, while I was staying in the Lake District, I got caught in an unexpected storm. (See the photo above!) All was well when I set out…
Early on a cold winter’s morning, late last year, I was woken to the sound of my phone ringing in a different room. Leaping out of bed in…
I always love hearing from friends with “light through the cracks” stories that they have discovered, as I then get the joy of sharing them on, and this…