You’re a slave, do you want to be free?
The other day I read a message on a pen that businesses hand out to customers. The slogan read: ‘I’m free! Now there’s a thought.’ I thought, Jesus makes us free, now that’s...
Sharing Jesus - this is life
Does the Bible mention the Wainwrights?
We are walking through Lent: the time when we remember the temptations that Christ suffered, and seek in our own lives to change things, or start to do things we are neglecting. To make...
Halloween, myth or fact?
It’s Halloween time again. Imagery of ghosts, evil characters, monsters, death and gore flood our nation, providing commerce with increasing income. Children roam our streets dressed as monsters and ghouls play pranks on people...
The Two-Faced God
I find myself wondering whether I fully know God. I hear too many reports about His anger and interactions in commanding mass genocide in the Bible. Then I see God, through the image of...
Shattering the Gates of Hell
Sporadically, like a bullet between the eyes, God can speak to us. Preconceptions of Scripture, periodically glanced over, remembered and assimilated into our subconscious can suddenly be ripped apart, refreshed, renewed and given life....
Throw Out the Sabbath
She asked me a question: should we throw out the Sabbath? Jesus doodled in the sand before a woman convicted of adultery. He enlightened them, when they asked Him whose money it was; to whom they...
We’ve Missed the Flight!
I was getting anxious; it must have been the tenth time I had looked at my watch. The minutes ticked by. In my mind I was desperately trying to hold back time, but, the...
On yer’ Bike
Usually in the morning I like to go for a cycle ride before the day gets going and I get stuck into writing. My day starts early, around 5am, especially in summer when it...
God’s Image is Homeless in Glasgow
I am in Glasgow. It is dark. By lamplight, cold, damp stairs lead down into a dark indiscriminate jumble of cardboard, rags and boxes. It is raining. I glance, walk past, stop, then turn back....
What is heaven Like? What is Hell Like?
This morning my daughter asked me the question: “What is heaven like, and what is hell like? Is heaven a fluffy place, and hell a nasty place?” I thought about this for a moment,...
