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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 across the border. On one occasion, passing a Russian...

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 days in the wilderness where he was tempted by the De...

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 remark about you or spread bad rumours about you behin...

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). Soon after that, our churchgoing dropped off to o...

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 the airline that I discovered that I had accidenta...

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 casting silver-blue-and-teal flies for wild salmon, hook...

In the 1960s, cartoonist Kim Casali began a comic strip called "Love is …" and by the mid-1970s was earning over $6 million a year in royalties. Through cartoons that appeared in newspapers, on fridge magnets, in greetings cards and souvenirs, she to...