The picture above is of Gaza in 2024, but it could so easily be of a whole host of different places around the world, I confess to getting increasingly depressed, and overwhelmed by the sheer destruction of so many cities around the world.  Apart from the destruction of property, what upsets me is the humanitarian…

At a recent Service of Healing and Wholeness a young man came into the church just as the service was about to begin. He looked nervous and I immediately went to welcome him. He explained that he had never been in a church in his entire life (I think he was about 30). He sat with…

Anyone who is a regular reader will know by now that my son is a long-distance lorry driver and so is away during the week. He usually leaves on a Sunday afternoon so that he can arrive at his first destination promptly, hitting the floor running, so to speak. Last week, I received a rather…

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…