Time
"For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the...
As the dust settles
"... why do you stand here looking into the sky?" Acts 1.11 As a minister, habitually I warn people about the shock of grief, even when...
Farewell, my father
"Lord, let your servant go in peace, your word has been fulfilled..." Nunc Dimittis from Luke 2.29 My father has just breathed his last...
Waiting game
"... the one you love is sick." John 11. 3 Last night we received the call we had been expecting, with that mixture of dread and relief...
A shot in the arm
"... go and make disciples..." Matthew 28.19 Praise God for Latin Link's praise night, which was broadcast yesterday evening via Youtube....
Education education education
"... learn from me..." Matthew 11.29 Tony Blair's vaunted manifesto speech of 1997 earned his government a second term in office. But...
Fully alive
"I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." John...
Words, words, words
"Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other." Genesis 11.7 After God and life, language must...
Freedom!
"I appeal to you for my child, Onesimus..." Philemon 10 Not a reference to Mel Gibson and his battle-cry in the Hollywood epic...
Re-wilding
"Go to the ant... consider its ways and be wise!" Proverbs 6.6 Last night we watched a charming film called 'My Octopus Teacher'. It...