Which would you like first? The good news or the bad? Well, the good news is that there are teachings,…
Dear Reader, you matter to God
To all the readers of this blog. I pray for you and as I thought about you today I sensed…
How to pray for white supremacists
In the wake of recent killings in El Paso and Gilroy, white supremacy is now the number one cause of…
A method for praying for those you disagree with
Right now, it seems argument is everywhere. There appears to be no end of political vitriol and it’s spilling across…
Witnessing male chauvinism in church. What should I do about it?
Yesterday at a church meeting, the pastor invited two members of the church to the stage to share a lengthy…
If you’re a Christian and Alabama’s proposed abortion ban doesn’t seem quite right to you, then you’re not alone
I am a Christian, and I long to see a reduction in the number of abortions. However, banning abortion, even…
Is something missing from the US constitution?
In 1790 the phrase ‘liberte, egalite, fraternite’ (liberty, equality, fraternity) began to be spoken and used among French people. It…
When an American sends you hate speech about Muslims (there’s no training for this)
Received on Tuesday: Anna, I saw this on facebook and thought of our previous conversation. **** Yesterday at 1:13 AM…
A song of songs for the brokenhearted
I know we’ve met before, but now I just see glimpses of you. Peeking in at the window, hiding in…
Can we recognise the truth?
Have you ever seen the world pictured from space? It’s beautiful but unrecognisable. Countries are the wrong way up, coastlines…
A letter home from Alabama
Alabama 8th October 2018 Dear Jenna, Thanks for your card, it’s taken me a while to write back because my…
Groups get ready
At long last the group study guide to accompany my book Destination: Transformation is available. I have been piloting it…
Who told you that you were lazy? – A parable based on Genesis 3
The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the Lord God had made. One day he asked the…
Deep South
I have just completed reading Paul Theroux’s book Deep South, one of a few books I’m reading in preparation for…
When there’s no life left
Sometimes there are areas of our lives that seem to be dead, all the life and newness that was once…
Did Jesus ever have other dreams?
Did Jesus ever have other dreams? Of getting married, having children, looking after his Mother in her old age, having…
I love that a #Youthquake is occurring among Florida’s students and ending gun violence is their aim
At the end of last year, the Oxford English Dictionary named Youthquake as its word of the year. Despite many…
Tolstoy and how the unbeliever feels
If you have read this blog before, you will know that I am reading Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina because the insights…
#BoycottWalmart – why I am taking part
I am British and my family and I spent two years living in Virginia. I remember my first time shopping…
A theological reflection on WWR’s work in Nepal
Women Without Roofs (WWR) is the charity I set up and run in Nepal that helps vulnerable and abandoned women…
