As someone who has read through the Bible a few times, I am still surprised when my daily Bible reading is based on a passage I assumed I knew. Recently, the readings focused on the life of Elisha including 2 Kings chapter 10.  God had decreed that the wicked family of King Ahab should be…

A few weeks ago, I had a fun night out with a group of friends to see ABBA Voyage, a show that celebrates the music of the ‘70s band, famous for winning the Eurovision song contest in 1974 with the song “Waterloo,” (for which the UK awarded them “nul points.”) They went on to be…

I was born in a Shona community, and did my primary school in that same community. I lived among the Ndebele, Kalanga and English-speaking communities in Bulawayo for 22 years. I went to different schools and colleges with multiple cultures and ethnic groups. I travelled to different countries in Africa and visited places with different…

On Tuesday of this week our Open the Book team visited Colneis and Fairfield Schools to lead their Assembly. We generally always need to get a few of the children to play some of the characters in the story. This week we needed 10 to play Joseph’s brothers so we had quite a large cast.…

November is a month of remembering – from All Saints Day to Diwali, Guy Fawkes to Armistice Day, Children in Need to Thanksgiving. Remembering saints and sinners, old and young, light and dark. To Re- member is to put things back together to become one again. Remembering is a positive thing to do – not…

The fictional character Professor Dumbledore has his obviously fictitious grave on the real Eilean na Moine, a small island in Loch Eilt in the Scottish Highlands. We passed it on the Jacobite steam train this August. The island is not special and yet for Harry Potter fans it touches the dividing line between the imaginary…