Above all, Christmas is a season of music.    Even our supermarkets sing the much-loved carols as they take in our cash. For even as...

“How pulchritudinous on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news!”   That’s my translation of Isaiah’s famous prophecy,...

A moment of confusion as I visited the printers to pick up some leaflets.  On arrival I was ushered straight past reception to face one...

"None of us have the right to tell another how much suffering they can and should bear.”  This quote from Baroness Wheeler goes to the...

I’m beginning to worry about my relationship with Alexa:  I think we are getting too close.   This is especially so since we have linked...

“I believe that stepping aside is in the best interests of the Church of England, which I dearly love and which I have been honoured to...

“Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous,” mused Albert Einstein.  But actually, what are coincidences and how does God use them?...

“Not another reunion, Ross!”   I happened to mention to my son-in-law that I am going to London this Monday for our annual Catz...

“And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”  (Esther 4:14)   Timing is everything, and the way...

Beware of being plucked from obscurity by a talent show to international stardom. Few people can handle the pressure of celebrity,...

When you are warned that a powerful hurricane is just hours away, you react.  It seems that most Floridians took heed and wisely moved to...

Well here we are, in our hotel in what the locals call ‘le Boulevard du Crime,’ not an area of Paris we know very well and from its...

In my defence I knew I was taking a risk but even so, a risk worth taking.    A brand-new operating system was offered by Apple for my...

What happens when you can’t think of anything to blog about?    Well, that’s the situation I find myself in this morning.  It’s been a...

It was a strange time waiting to be wheeled into theatre.  Even more so as I read that morning’s headline: Thousands dying due to NHS...

Why risk your life through base jumping off a cliff or cycle at speed along a narrow mountain ridge?  We’ve seen the videos on social...

It’s not that surprising really, given who he is, but we often find God in the most unexpected places and in the most unexpected...

Ever since the Southport horrors I’ve been thinking a lot about the power, the reality of cosmic evil.  The killings themselves – how...

One of the key moments in my life:  A-level results day.   All these years later I can still vividly recall the tension as our headmaster...

Halo a dhaoine,   That’s Gaelic.  For the simple reason that this blog is being sent from Mallaig, the rather rainy port on the west...