Working in international development inevitably involves a lot of travel, usually to some of the poorest parts of the world, with which there come some inherent risks: Are…
I am taking a taxi to the train station, homeward bound after a meeting. As we head steadily closer to the centre of this large cosmopolitan city, we…
A friend of mine is a mother of teenagers – but her age belies her childlike Christian faith, unmatched by anyone else I know. Her prayers are always…
When British evangelist, David Hathaway, decided to host a National Day of Prayer for the UK, it was January. When he asked Wembley Arena whether they had any…
It is a swelteringly hot summer’s day. The sun is riding high in a pure blue cloudless sky, the temperature and humidity are soaring, and I am at…
An old friend and long term missionary has sent me an urgent message. Her name is Alison* and she is based in Burundi, a landlocked country that’s located…
It is a sunny Sunday afternoon, on the cusp of spring-turning-into-summer, and I am sitting by the river that runs through the city where I live. All around…
Late last year, a vicar friend invited me to preach on the subject of ‘Miracles’, as part of a sermon series about the Biblical prophet, Elijah. Reluctantly, I…
Sometimes you stumble upon a ‘light through the cracks’ story that you just couldn’t make up, even if you tried, and this amazing-and-amusing story is one of them. Two…
A friend of mine, Kate*, is excitedly jumping up and down. Although an upbeat person by nature, today she is positively beaming, her zest for life bursting out…