When the young Siddhartha Gautama, the future Buddha, left the protection of his parent’s home and began his quest to find out what life was really like “out there” he was overwhelmed by the amount of suffering he saw. The...

When I was a child my grandfather took me with him on a visit to the local solicitor. With great, old-fashioned, curtesy we were ushered into the presence of old Mr. Blackadder - the senior partner. We settled down on...

This is the most extraordinary verse in John’s Gospel. John wrote his Gospel so that the reader might believe that Jesus is the Son of God, and that by believing we may have eternal life. John also continually emphasised the...

No matter what article or source you read, you could come to the conclusion that anxiety levels in the UK, and particularly among students, are high at the moment. If even contemplating that sentence adds to your anxiety, as it...

I remember when the ten-year-old me was at school, sitting, dreaming in a Religious Education Class. As the reverend-headmaster droned on and on about ‘Shadrack, Meschach and Abendego’ and the ‘fiery furnace’, my imagination carried me into the heart of...

Last week we celebrated a grim anniversary: the invasion of Ukraine and the ensuing war. Like so many people, I find myself without words for the suffering that has been caused by this war. And now there is another tragedy...

Yesterday was Ash Wednesday. This is for many people an important day in the Christian year. Strange things happen. I heard a story about the daughter of a colleague of mine who had just started at a new school in...

Yesterday, at the Monday Night Meal we host each week in our home for students, we were talking about the word ‘humble’ and trying to work out what we thought it meant.  The word had jumped out at us in...

A friend of mine is an experienced distance walker. He likes to take holiday from his high pressure job and simply walk. His walks have varied in length from a few days to a few months. Last autumn he took...

The first week of February is designated World Interfaith Harmony Week. We are encouraged to think, pray and act to promote 'Love of the Good and Love of the Neighbour' in the context of world religions. The initiative was started...