The old fashioned saying from past generations, ‘well I never’ or ‘well I never did’ has always struck me as strange. It seemed a peculiar way of saying, ‘that’s odd’. There are a lot of things ‘I never did’ that are not odd, but perfectly normal for other people. A few evenings ago that changed…

Today’s contributor Dr Frances Clemson is Christian Aid’s Faith Communications and Just Scripture Specialist. www.christianaid.org.uk/resources/pray/daily-reading   Something to read Worship the Lord with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. – Psalm 100 (NIV). Something to think about We are often told to ‘think positive!’ But sometimes positive thinking fails to pay attention to the…

An opening commentary on my Bible app was based on a reading from Acts 5 verses 1 to 11, the story of Ananias and Sapphira. The writer’s opening comments were as follows. Many these days have been wondering if we are too flippant with God. We livestream church for our convenience. We check our phones…

I recently had a short break in North Wales with members of my extended family. The party included my cousin and his 2 small children aged 6 and 3 years. Our view from the farmhouse we were staying in included sheep and their lambs. We set out to drive in convoy from our remote farmhouse…