In one of my first jobs after school I worked in an office for a large company. Someone called Malcolm befriended me and I listened to him because he was older. Malcolm really disliked of one of our managers and encouraged me to do the same. I regret taking his...

“He belonged to someone and could no longer pretend otherwise, but he didn’t know who his master was.” Tad Williams, Shadowheart Most of us only think of an absence of restrictions when we think of freedom. But is this all we need to think of? Tim Keller, the author...

For years a sentence in the Bible puzzled me: “when troubles of any kind come your way, consider it an opportunity for great joy”(James 1:2). I couldn’t make sense of it. How could there be joy in suffering? Since then I have come to see I was looking through the eyes...

Some time ago I met an elderly man who’d received a charity mailing seeking support for people living alone. “I guess that’s like me”, he said and was surprised to be one of “those” people who needed help. With a shrug of his shoulders he explained that nearly all of...

Imagine you’re in a hurry, rushing down a street. Suddenly and without warning, there’s someone behind you. You feel a hard thump and the next thing you know you are on the ground. You’re in pain, your head is ringing from the impact and you’re confused. Then you...

My first grandchild has just been born, what a joyful experience! One of the things my grandmother used to say whenever there was a new birth in the family was that “new babies bring their love with them”. It was only years later when my own children were born, and...

Can I know what good is unless I have God as an outside reference?