While on furlough from missionary service in Africa, Robert Moffatt (1795-1883) spoke in England about his work. A young medical student in the audience had hoped to serve on the mission field in China, but that land was closed. He listened as Moffatt described a frequent sight in Africa. “There is a vast plain to…

Before moving away from Yorkshire we used to visit the York Maize Maze which attracted crowds of visitors for a few weeks during the summer.  I was always grateful to the organisers of this event who would furnish visitors with a map to help you navigate your way through.  With the plants standing way above…

I don’t know what I would have done in the past year without our garden, technology to keep in touch with family and friends and books. The Library in Kesgrave is wonderful, they are so friendly and nothing is too much trouble.  We can order books online, they email when they are available, we make…

I have told you before about the demise of our walnut tree. As I look out of my dining room door into the evening dusk I can see the lone daffodil that has sprung up behind where the tree used to be.  This gives me hope that there is always new life to be found…

One of those very hot August nights last summer, we were awoken by a loud crash in the garden. I looked out of the window expecting to see thieves taking the garden furniture. I was not sure whether to be surprised or annoyed at the real cause. A lone individual, returning home from one of…

1 Corinthians 15:47  “So it will be with the resurrection of the dead.  The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable, it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory, it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power, it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual…

One of the things small children seem to love to do, is jump into puddles and make a splash. There is a funny video that I have seen of a little girl probably about 2 years old with her pretty pink wellies and she is splashing in the puddle. Her Dad is holding her hand…

After a hijacked plane slammed into the Pentagon on September 11, 2001, many people inside the building were trapped by a cloud of thick, blinding smoke. Police Officer Isaac Hoopi ran into the blackness, searching for survivors, and heard people calling for help. He began shouting back, over and over: “Head toward my voice! Head…

It was still dark.  Almost like a throw away line at the beginning of his account of the resurrection, John – the gospel writer – includes the phrase; ‘it was still dark’. Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark.  With nightfall the Sabbath had come to a close and so,…

John 19: 38-42 (select verses) Joseph of Arimethea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. He was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly because he feared the Jewish leaders. He was accompanied by Nicodemus, the man who had visited Jesus at night. These two men were prominent members of the Jewish Council, who had both…