October 2020

Pat and I have recently been away – our first holiday this year. We went to Beauly, North Scotland, via Glencoe, Fort William, the Glenfinnan monument and viaduct (a famous train journey) and Mallaig. Great views across the sea, to...

Two people were travelling through the desert.  One would stop to pray five times a day, spreading his prayer mat on the burning sand.  The two got on well together and one evening, the one who never prayed, after the...

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. Colossians 4:2 The problem with the so-called tension between science and religion is that science and religion are usually engaged in quite different narratives, so in fact are not in competition with each...

I love hearing accounts of faith experiences.  Sometimes they are formalised by the title “testimony”. Some are long stories, and some are moments of miracle. Some are truly extraordinary – so much so that the human in us says (even subconsciously) “Mmm...

This week I have another psalm to reflect on. I love the psalms.  They are so authentic. They say it as it is!  And this the language of mission these days.  Young people look at faith when “it does what...