When I was about eight years old I was sitting with my friend Matthew on the back seat of our school bus, staring out of the rear window.
In the car that followed behind the bus, two punks started st...
What happens when we die? Where do we go? And what form will we have? These are questions asked by every human being that has ever lived, and throughout the millennia there have been many different an...
When I write the word “church”, what is the first thing that pops into your head?
I expect you imagine a building or a service (taking place inside a building). Well, these are expressions of church ...
In the iconic 1980 film, The Blues Brothers, the two protagonists Jake and Elwood set off on a quest to save the Catholic orphanage in which they were raised. They do this by getting their R&B band ba...
This week, among the deluge of harrowing news emerging from Ukraine, I heard the story of two Scottish men who, at the very start of the conflict, drove to Poland to begin helping Ukrainians move acro...
It is the season of Lent and, traditionally, it is a time when we reflect on our own shortcomings and focus on spiritual growth. Around the 10th century, Lent became linked with Jesus spending 40y day...
Has anyone ever deliberately done something that makes you feel inferior or look bad in the eyes of others?
For example, have you ever been physically bullied? Has someone ever made a belittling rema...
I had a few experiences of church when I was growing up.
When I was about seven or eight years old, my family were regular attendees until I was expelled from Sunday School (no idea why, ask my mum)....
My family and I were very blessed to be able to afford a short vacation, and I excitedly booked return flights to Miami with American Airlines.
It was only when I received a confirmation e-mail from ...
I have a confession to make, and that is that I am a mad-keen angler.
I love fishing. Whether float-tubing down the Green River in Utah for cut-throat trout, wending my way up a Scottish river castin...
