Easter 2022

As the Ukraine-Russian war comes into its fiftieth day today, I wonder how many teenagers felt the same emotional jolt in February that I did that day in 1982 when I was stopped in my tracks.  … More Easter 2022

Dreams

I found this poem quoted in Miranda Hart’s quirky book Is It Just Me?, which has helped me while away some dreary grey and rainy days recently.  (No, it’s not just you Miranda; life really is full of crazy things.) It seemed somewhat whimsical in such a hefty tongue-in-cheek hardback, but as I read it … More Dreams

Hope in the darkness

A door of hope in the valley of Achor – from Hosea 2:15 My mother is frequently telling me that it’s amazing what we have stored away in our heads.  This is partly because she’s almost 90 and has forgotten that she made the same observation ten minutes earlier.   The context of her comment … More Hope in the darkness