Exiled Preacher

In my justly unfamous  Plague Journals  I reflected in harrowing detail on the stresses and strains of my transformation from old scho...

It was on a sunny July day just like today that Sarah and I were married at Kensit Evangelical Church, Finchley. We met when I was a stud...

Once more Christmas came and went in a blur. The build-up was hectic, with extra church meetings of one kind and another, as well as the ...

Half term week was meant to be a little less busy than usual, but things didn't quite work out like that. Stepping in to take a fun...

Pre-Christmas was the usual whirl of activity. On the last day of term, Friday 21st December I did the Bible reading at the town's se...

This week I've been hammering away at my keyboard, bashing out scripts for Grace Baptist Mission's radio programme, Serving To...

We were away on holiday last week, in El Campello near Alicante, Spain if you must know. It was warm enough, around 24C most days, to sp...

On Saturday morning we had our autumn morning of prayer at Providence Chapel, using Psalm 145 as a template for praise, intercession an...

My sense of foreboding concerning Friday's journey to "The North" for a  Sheffield Uni  Open Day  was more than fulfilled. ...

Tomorrow morning I'm going to have to drag myself out of bed at some unearthly hour and hit the road in order to get to Sheffield...

Yesterday we headed for Salisbury as a family member had a routine appointment at the hospital. Well, there were two appointments act...

I take Saturdays as my day off. I know that many pastors have a day off on Monday to recover from the labours of the Lord's Day. But I ...

Ignatius of Antioch: The man who faced lions   Polycarp of Smyrna: The man whose faith lasted   Ireneas of Lyons: The man who wrote books  ...

Our half term trip to Paris went well. We had never travelled abroad as a family before (the Channel Islands isn't really abroad), so l...

It's half term and we're off to Paris, so au revoir .

We had a nice day off on Saturday. Where we live isn't too far from Bath and I always enjoy popping into the city. We usually park the ...

We spent the weekend in London, as I was booked to preach in Kensit Evangelical Church on the Sunday. We took the opportunity to pop into ...

Ben and his confidante, Sian Earlier today my good friend Ben Midgley spoke to our local Ministers' Fraternal on 'Tips for preacher...

Slightly random day today. We headed off to the Haynes Motor Museum in Sparkford, Somerset. I'm not a great petrol head, but it was a n...

Troubled Journey: A Missionary Childhood in war-torn China by Faith Cook, Banner of Truth Trust, 2004, 118pp. In this book Faith Cook tells...