Coming into focus
ONE OF THE great things about those retro, Polaroid-style instant cameras is experiencing the joy of the picture slowly emerging in front of you. People come…
Soft-soaping myself
SELF-AWARENESS IS a bit like a bar of soap in the shower. Just when you think you have a firm grasp on it, suddenly it has…
Scratching the to-do list
IT’S STILL EARLY enough in the year for many of us to yet be starting each day with a sense of determination and a clear set…
Hit the ground walking!
IT SEEMS TO me that many churches avoid the first and last pages of the Bible because they don’t want to get side-tracked into Crazyland. It’s…
Leaving Bethlehem
BY THE TIME you read this, some people’s Christmas will already be done and dusted. Presents opened, lunch served, tree packed away for next year. Not…
Welcome to Beachside ABBY!
AS A BRIT, I sometimes feel a bit disloyal about my lack of enthusiasm for Downton Abbey; personally, I think Upstairs Downstairs did that whole toffs…
Christmas presence
FOR A VARIETY of reasons, this Christmas season has been a stressful one so far. Situations and circumstances have turned the time of year I usually…
Tripping over your nativity scene
AS YOU PULL the much-loved nativity scene out of storage and dust it off for another Christmas, you may well have in mind that favorite, perfect…
Mind the gap!
IF SOMEONE WERE to compile a list of the New Testament epistle passages most often preached on, chances are Ephesians 6 would rank pretty high. Paul’s…
Where are all the social mercy warriors?
THERE’S AN OLD British saying that comes to mind when I look at many so-called social justice warriors (SJWs): all mouth and no trousers. In other…
