It was a ministry for a season.  Effective for its time and place, the ICS campsite ministry served a strategic purpose for its era.  But...

“Let the exile come, let the stranger come let the weary come find rest.” So begins Robin Mark’s haunting song “Come heal this land.”...

Well here we are in the walled township of Villefranche-de-Conflent, nestled in the foothills of the Pyrenees, about 50k from the...

I was ordained by mistake, or at the very least, the result of a big misunderstanding. There lies a tale and because the main events...

For me, it was more than the usual nerves. This was a spiritual battle as I desperately tried not to pray: “Lord, please, please don’t...

The apostle Paul lacked personal charisma – and he knew it. And his opponents were quick to point this out. “His letters are weighty and...

Those of you who read the Sun would have been given a helpful lesson in theology in yesterday’s edition under the headline HEAVENLY DAY...

Thank you, many of you, for your warnings! The most recent was from Peter earlier this week. “Just wanted to let you know that, apart...

The world’s most precious crown was, of course, made of thorns. John, as he records the crucifixion of Jesus, portrays his humiliation in...

For me Wrexham has always been a drive-past town: nowhere special. And yet there I was in a restaurant in Rijksweg of all places,...

“You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.” Dutch saint, Corrie Ten Boom, learned that lesson just...

“Did Jesus make his own bed?” A key question for Easter and more to the point, one that I have never asked before until this week. By...

Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani? Terrible words, so terrible that both Mark and Matthew, record them in the original Aramaic. Not quite the...

Yesterday, it was just like one of those everything-going-wrong dreams. I looked – and my script wasn’t there, at least the first and...

“And you probably know someone,” writes Pete Greig, “who makes you fall in love with Jesus all over again.” I’m currently reading his...

“A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of coloured ribbon,” observed Napoleon Bonaparte. He could have added: “And a Parkrunner...

Invincibilized, not a word I am familiar with. However, whatever it is, it is worth having - according to midwestern pastor, Dane...

You may be following the SNP leadership contest north of the border following the abrupt resignation of Nicola Sturgeon as First...

“Putin’s calculation is simple: a Ukraine with a permanent war in its eastern region will never be fully welcomed by Europe or the rest...

“In this troubled town, troubles are found.” And don’t we know it, as the BBC series “Happy Valley” comes to its final dénouement. I’ve...