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Tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, the start of the forty-day period that leads to Easter. Ash Wednesday takes its name from the way that, for over a thousand years, many believers...

Monday 17th February is Random Acts of Kindness Day. As the title implies, it’s a day to encourage us to show unexpected generosity to others. I’m all in favour of...

Doorways to great buildings are overlooked because visitors are eager to see what’s beyond them. Positioned at the start of Easter week, the account of how Jesus acquired an animal...

I’m told that there are at least a thousand ‘awareness days’ on the calendar every year which, given there are only 365 days, suggests a lot of competition. One cause...

I just watched the new film Bonhoeffer and, for various reasons, thoroughly recommend it. It is a well-shot, quality production with excellent acting, especially that of Jonas Dassler in the lead role....

In the Northern Hemisphere, the dark days of late January are the time for both Burns Night (25th) and Chinese New Year (29th). The first marks the anniversary of the...

You crown the year with a bountiful harvest;even the hard pathways overflow with abundance.’(Psalm 65:11 NLT)   Happy New Year to you all! Thinking about what lies ahead, Killy and...

Let me answer this question by first referring to a monk from eastern Europe called Dionysius Exiguus – ‘Little Denis’ – who 500 years after the birth of Christ was...

Homeless people seem to be an increasingly common feature of our urban landscapes, sitting on the streets with their sleeping bags and blankets. We may be aware, too, that such...

Despite being busy with evangelistic preaching, teaching and ministry, I make time to understand the world we live in. I need to because the challenge in evangelism is to present...

The most stressful thing about driving today is the modern mega roundabout. Drivers new and old can stress at the prospect of weaving their way through the congested race of...

We all know people that have left the Christian faith. In thinking about this I am reminded of Aslan’s constant statement in C.S. Lewis’ Narnia books of the danger of focusing on...