“Church asks tourists to keep unholy racket under control.” This headline in today’s Times caught my attention – another grumpy vicar...

Today, 21st July, is my mother’s 100th birthday! At least it would have been had she not died in good heart and in Christ just five...

Some 25 years ago at this very hour, I would have been in bed in Rochdale. However, had I been awake I would have been thinking, even...

“I am a Catholic,” confessed Billy Connolly. “I have an A level in guilt.” Catholic guilt was very much the theme of the BBC1 drama...

As disembodied voices go, it was impressive! Last night I took the M6 south to Werrigton and Wetley Rocks, which as you know is six...

So today it’s SIAMS! Even as I type these words the Registered Inspector is getting into his car to arrive at our church school for...

As soon as I walked in after all those years, I knew for certain that it was God who had engineered my move to Heswall. At the time in...

“So where does that all leave us?” The Thomas Cook flight from Holguin to Manchester slams on its airbrakes just 7000 feet over our...

“You have a lovely tan!” “Yes, I’ve just come back from a week in Majorca.” It’s 1975 and while on a month placement at St Mary’s Edge...

Homeward bound, here at Ministrio Pistarini international airport, as we prepare to travel to a city still in profound shock. The...

" Here in Salta," I commented to Sheila, "everyone seems to be a character." Her immediate response: "You need to be a character to live...

“Sometimes I arrive," reflects photographer Ansel Adams, "just when God's ready to have someone click the shutter." We had only been in...

One fun-seeking tourist in Majorca was asked did she know where about in the world she was. She replied that she simply got on the plane...

Well, this time next week – if all goes to plan – I will be some 35975 feet over the Amazonian rainforest. And even stranger, this time...

Not a good night last night as I enter day four of my battle with Yellow Fever. It started on Tuesday and such was the discomfort that...

One cold and wet evening in autumn 1925 a young Church Army captain caught the ferry to the Pier Head to attend a meeting in Liverpool...

First aid training this morning. Ministry Centre: 9.30 am. Mmmm. I'm taking singer-turned-paramedic Bobby Sherman at his word: “Take...

“Is Easter the new Christmas?” asks the BBC news website. It now seems that Easter is now the second-biggest retail event in the UK...

¡Hola amigos! You will be pleased to know that I am now learning Spanish. This is in preparation for visiting our mission partners in...

Good idea to walk to St Michael’s, I thought yesterday. Our chapter – the local Anglican clergy – invariably begin our bimonthly meeting...