This is how David Bentley Hart descrbes the New Testament and it is what his new translation hopes to reflect.…
Reflections on 1 Samuel 28: Wriggle Room
The text is here. This is a really hard chapter, and I haven’t made sense of it all by any means. …
Reflections on 1 Samuel 13 – Good luck rituals and cat and mouse games
Here’s the text. The Philistines are in Israel’s land and controlling what goes on in it (see verses 19-22, the…
The view from space
Originally posted on Nick Baines's Blog:
This is the script of this morning’s Thought for the Day on BBC Radio 4’s Today…
Meditation on a candle (and waxbows)
I began thinking about Jesus as light of the world, but then realised we too are called to be lamps…
Reflections on Numbers 12: Soap Opera Bible
As always, here’s the passage. This passage focuses on three characters; Miriam, Aaron and Moses. Miriam is the gossiper, she…
Why do you watch Fox News?
Close your eyes for a moment. What happened today? Were you with family and friends? Did you see people smiling?…
It’s difficult to know what to pray for North Korea
This afternoon, among others, I have read two articles that worry me. The one that frightens me the most is…
Friendship across ages and cultures
A little while ago I was asked by the wonderful Kate McCord (Author of ‘In the Land of Blue Burqas’…
Reflections on Job 23
Here’s the text as usual. Some points I noted Now God seems miles away (compare with Job 14) and Job…
Reflections and questions on Job 14: When God feels close but suffering continues
Here’s the text. In this chapter Job is tormented because it appears that he knows God is very close to…
How desperate would you have to be?
I came across these containers by a barbed wire fence and it made me wonder about the migrants who enter…
Robert Coles, Charles Dickens and Louis Theroux
I’m reading about Robert Coles in Philip Yancey’s book ‘Soul Survivor: How my faith survived the church’. I had never…
Reflections on Job 6
Here’s the text. Some thoughts I had: It’s OK to complain, but don’t deny God. Sometimes bad things happen when…
Praying for Yemen
These photos both stir me to pray, and also challenge me to not to become numb to the suffering depicted.…
After Boko Haram – A photo story on the Nigerian women and girls returning from captivity | Women’s eNews
The link below is to extremely moving stories and photos of women who have suffered at the hands of Boko…
Praying Over Georgia
These last drone photos before regulation are a great encouragement to pray for Georgia. A beautiful country. https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2017/08/over-georgia-last-drone-photos-before-regulation/537846/?utm_source=nl-atlantic-weekly-082517
You have no equal
I’m looking for song suggestions to add to my Spotify playlist. I’m after songs that are about God and not…
Another good job for a Destination Transformer
Passing on the shawl
One of the women that Women Without Roofs supports in Nepal, called Durga, makes beautiful shawls. She started this work…
Dislocated Christians 