Sometimes it is the small and seemingly irrelevant details in a Bible passage that can prove the most interesting. Take, for instance, the example of Joseph from the Old Testament. You will almost certainly remember his brothers selling him into slavery when they got the opportunity to do so. That opportunity arose when they were…
Jesus Christ, you are my life We continue a series that seeks to take inspiration from the words of newer hymns and songs. The previous thought in this series focused on the song ‘These Alone Are Enough’ by the Catholic hymnwriter, Dan Schutte. Today’s song may also be better known to our Catholic sisters and…
These Alone Are Enough Take my heart, O Lord, take my hopes and dreams Take my mind with all its plans and schemes Give me nothing more than Your love and grace These alone, O God, are enough for me Take my thoughts, O Lord, and my memory Take my tears, my joys, my liberty…
I thought this would make a great subject for our daily thought so … I asked AI to come up with the answer! Here is that answer, with only a very small amount of human oversight and editing. Jesus Would Remember That Human Beings Are Unique We are not merely intelligent machines. We are made…
Goodness, Love and Mercy Oh Lord, You’re my Shepherd You make me lie in fields of green You lead me by the still waters You restore righteousness to me Though I walk through the valley I will fear no evil thing For You are with me And You comfort me Surely goodness, love and mercy…
Sing to the Lord a New Song We continue a series that seeks to take inspiration from the words of newer hymns and songs. You don’t need me to tell you that Psalm 23 has resonated with readers of the Bible down through the ages and, today, we consider the first of three songs based…
I recently went to see a film called the Christophers which, by the way, I would heartily recommend. It stars Ian McKellen as a painter renowned for two series of paintings called the ‘Christophers’ but who has lost his muse and not painted anything of note for thirty years or so. I won’t give any…
The present conflict between America and Iran has been portrayed in some quarters as a ‘Holy War’ and that troubles me greatly. Why? I believe we should do all we can politically to remove brutal dictators and regimes, but this should never be at the expense of the innocent people they themselves are oppressing. Jesus…
(Photo by Zulfugar Karimov on Unsplash) (Photo by Zulfugar Karimov on Unsplash) In October 2025, the BBC reported that UK visitors to the online pornography website Pornhub had fallen by 77% in the three months since age checks were introduced. These came after the Online Safety Act placed a legal requirement on such sites to…
(Photo by Phil Hearing on Unsplash) Back in the 1980s I was fascinated to read a book called ‘The Lost Villages of Britain’ by Richard Muir and the greatest honour I can pay it is to say that it remains on my shelves to this day when many other books have gone. It whetted my…