Continuing some thoughts on prayer… Discussions at home have raised the reality of prayer being a case of sharing with God the desires of your heart, and at the same time, letting go of...

This tale I needed this week… A saint of Greece called Maxim, went as a young man to church and heard the reading in which it says we should pray unceasingly. He was struck...

We are, together, trying to navigate through times when plans are evaporating. For some, wedding plans, or holiday plans, or long-anticipated overseas trips, or just get-togethers. I am reminded of the words in James...

I read a story about the exiled Bishop who was expelled from Uganda under threat of death. He said, “I was asked how I would react if I were handed a gun and President...

Eddie Askew writes about his passion for collecting old things – antiques, old paintings, antiquarian books and so on. He remarks that booksellers have their own jargon, written in abbreviated form. One of the...

A scientist had studied bees for years. He’d weighed and measured and analysed. Finally, he decided that with the bee’s shape and weight, and the form of its wings, it was impossible for it...

Luke 9:23-25 Good News Translation (GNT) And he said to them all, “If you want to come with me, you must forget yourself, take up your cross every day, and follow me. For if you want...

I am a fan of humour and I enjoy clever, witty sayings. And I am a firm believer in the words from Proverbs 17:22… “A cheerful disposition is good for your health;     gloom and...

While fulfilling a pastoral position in Newcastle, I discovered that the house where we were living was not far from my father’s birthplace (27/9/1918). Of course, our street didn’t exist then, the area would...

Don’t you admire people who hold nothing back? Don’t you love people who stand confident and strong in their faith? You know they have a story to tell. This is a story of jumping...