World Animal Day
"Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what...
A word for today?
"In that day I will restore David's fallen shelter, I will repair its broken walls and restore its ruins, and will rebuild it as it used...
Where there is no vision...
"... the people perish" Proverbs 29.18 Earlier in the week we witnessed the most unedifying "debate" between the two presidential...
Divine Communion
"... they saw God, and they ate and drank." Exodus 24.11 A university friend gave me a precious gift yesterday: Exodus 24. 9-11. It's a...
Time
"For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the...


As the dust settles
"... why do you stand here looking into the sky?" Acts 1.11 As a minister, habitually I warn people about the shock of grief, even when...


Farewell, my father
"Lord, let your servant go in peace, your word has been fulfilled..." Nunc Dimittis from Luke 2.29 My father has just breathed his last...
Waiting game
"... the one you love is sick." John 11. 3 Last night we received the call we had been expecting, with that mixture of dread and relief...
A shot in the arm
"... go and make disciples..." Matthew 28.19 Praise God for Latin Link's praise night, which was broadcast yesterday evening via Youtube....
Education education education
"... learn from me..." Matthew 11.29 Tony Blair's vaunted manifesto speech of 1997 earned his government a second term in office. But...
