I read somewhere recently that ‘singing is serious business’. In fact, it seems to me, it’s more than that, it’s big business. And it’s risky. You’re only as good as your last hit in the top ten. ...

I bumped into an old friend in Belfast the other week. I hadn’t seen Joe for donkey’s years. We used to be the best of pals. We stood there and exchanged stories for a while, catching up on each other...

March 1987 is a month which my wife Lois and I will never forget! A few months earlier in the autumn of 1986 we as a family - Lois, Timothy (our son), and I - moved from a pastoral ministry in a mini...

Guinea pig for lunch. Ever had it? If you haven’t, you don’t know what you’re missing! The Quichua of the snow capped Andes call it cuy. I remember the first time I had it, I prayed! ‘Lord, I’ll get i...

Irish eyes are smiling around the world on 17 March—the one day in the calendar on which Ireland’s patron saint is remembered with fond affection. ...

Moses spent the best part of forty years in a palace in Egypt as a scholar – then, he spent another forty years in the desert as a shepherd – then, at the grand old age of eighty, when most folk are w...

A while back I was in four African countries – Kenya, Malawi, Swaziland, and South Africa. ‘Memorable’ is one word that springs to mind as I try to adequately describe it. ‘Life-changing’ is another. ...

One of my favourite hymn writers is a retired Welsh pastor – Rev Vernon Higham. He’s the man who wrote that magnificently wonderful hymn: Great is the gospel of our glorious God. At a very low point i...

We are in serious danger of losing Christmas. Oh yes, today it may be the most popular of all our once-a-year holidays, but Christmas is in jeopardy just the same. It seems to me that a subtle but sur...

The autobiography of Nebuchadnezzar is compelling reading (cf. Daniel 4). It makes the hair stand on the back of your neck. It would bring tears to a stone as it underscores the lengths to which God i...