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The history of global Christianity is full of little-known heroes who have been overlooked. One of these is Rasalama, the woman who was Madagascar’s first Christian martyr. The island of...

The other day I sneezed and heard the response, ‘God bless you.’ It set me thinking. Why do we say ‘God bless you’ or ‘bless you’ when someone sneezes? I...

Did you know that most people’s anxiety is focused and preoccupied with 40% of things that will never happen, 30% of things relating to the past that can’t be changed,...

Sir Ernest Shackleton was a British explorer. On one expedition, his ship, The Endurance, got caught in pack ice and sank. He had to leave twenty-two men behind and go off...

Cloudy, rainy, chilly days in the middle of our British summer do not warm the heart. Recently, on such a gloomy day, Killy and I were given some sunflowers. We...

The WWJD notion has a long history: a notable example is Thomas à Kempis’ The Imitation of Christ – and that was 600 years ago. Today, however, there is some...

The shelves are stacked with glossy prints of smiling, radiant and bikini-clad models, flightily skipping along yellow sandy beaches with perfectly styled hair flowing. One might strain hopefully for even...

There are many things in life that we only notice when they fail us, such as lifts, microphones, cash dispensers and flush toilets. Recently, after plodding through airport terminals long...

I was talking to a friend about the challenges that we Christians face today when he said, ‘We are swimming against the current – the world has lost its reason.’...

Thinking about Easter, I bought an authentic replica Roman nail that would have been used to crucify Jesus and I have it on my desk as I type. I found...

The modern missionary movement started about 150 years ago, with people who were concerned about the continent of Africa. A Scottish preacher called Robert Moffatt, who was serving in South...

How we view the world depends on what we believe. Whether we put our faith in there being a God or in there not being a God is a choice that acts...