Exiled Preacher

Day One Publications, 2024,  432pp, pbk ‘May you live in interesting times’, says the old Chinese curse. Well, we have certainly been living...

  The crucifixion of Jesus was the supreme manifestation of human malice and hatred. Those who plotted his demise knew he hadn’t done anythi...

Snowdrops, Mells  A galanthophile is a person who loves snowdrops. Apparently, there are around 500 different varieties of delicate white pe...

Joseph, a carpenter from Nazareth was considering breaking off his engagement to Mary. She was pregnant. And he wasn’t the father. According...

Christian Focus, 2024, 30 th anniversary edition,  129pp, hbk   The doctrine of the Trinity can sometimes seem just that, a doctrine we are...

Matthew Syed is one of the most insightful columnists writing today. A couple of his recent articles in The Sunday Times really made me t...

I am an ex-cyclist. I quit when it was me calling for my children to wait up, rather than the other way around. They were mid-te...

  "Depend upon it, sir", wrote Dr Johnson, "when a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mi...

  Yes, I know, according to the old cliche church ministers only work one day a week. That would be nice, but no. In fact, I only ...

Our post-Easter break was cut short. Something came up that necessitated the wife and me returning home a day early. Don’t worry, no...