We live in a fractured world. Nothing new there – the Bible has been saying this for the last 2000 years. But now thanks to modern media,...

To spend your life avoiding failure is a sure route to becoming a failure. This week I came across a fascinating article examining how...

As a vicar, the saying goes, you can only stay in a church for seven years. The reason is that no one has more than seven harvest talks....

So what is the subject of this week’s blog?. Sometimes I have a good idea the previous day what I’m going to write about, other times...

YES – it’s a NO! By a margin of 10%. But I wonder if the result have been any different if the referendum question had been asked the...

Well, this time next week we will know the outcome, whether there will still be blue in the Union flag. Not that this has been an easy...

“Don’t for a minute believe the lies being spoken here – ‘This is God’s Temple, God’s Temple, God’s Temple!’ Total nonsense!” This...

Homeward bound from our French holiday along the M58. Then at junction 5, Christ Church appears some 8.4 miles ahead. “Well, at least...

A memorable event: Friday, 2 October 1959: 08.16 CET. My first croissant. Looking back over the years from here in Etreuille, a small...

Usual Friday morning, familiar routine so far. This being August, only one event in my diary. So let’s get going. However, if I were...

Great time here at New Wine! And for this morning, for the main meeting in the Arena, we have William Paul Young. Who's he? Well, many...

Today’s main task – to get ready for our annual visit to New Wine, a week at the Royal Bath and West Showground in Shepton Mallet along...

A Friday wedding beckons – and so off to a very smart hotel in Ullswater. We look forward to sharing in the celebrations of my nephew...

Fascinating article in this week’s Economist. If – like grumpy old me – you thought that today’s young people were all drugs, sex and...

The Three Dancers” for half an hour to see what would happen. I learnt this way of looking at paintings from Henri Nouwen, which he...

28 June, 1914. We mark the centenary tomorrow. The assassination in Sarajevo of Archduke Franz Ferdinand along with his wife by Gavrilo...

“Don’t cry, Kai. If Italy beat Costa Rica today… then Suarez & Co lose to Italy.. and Daddy scores a couple (or maybe more) against...

Clive was a character, a one-off, whose life we celebrate later today in his thanksgiving service. For many of us a daily visit to the...

Thanks to modern technology and an over-conscientious work ethic, this blog comes to you from a remote valley in Bohemia. Jacqui and I...

Early morning, 6thJune. “Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle hardened, he will...