I’m sitting in the dining room trying to read a book which I’m finding very difficult and dry. It’s one of those books that uses six words where one would…

Colin doesn’t like choice. It takes him ages to choose which shape of pasta to have from Tesco, or which fragrance of shower gel to buy, before going for the…

                    “Be still and know that I am God” Psalm 46:10 Sitting outside in the back garden on a warm sunny day is a place where I like to read…

When I was at school studying for O level English I was made to read 2 poems. The first one was Alexander Pope’s “Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot”, and it shows…

In my devotional a few days ago I read part of a reflection by William Broderick, a monk. He wrote, " We have to be candles, burning between hope and…

A fellow member of the self-isolating bird club posted this on line "For the past few weeks I’ve been hearing a repetitive high pitched squeaky call. It’s been quite persistent…

I have come to realise that God often speaks to me through songs and hymns. For a long time now I have regularly woken with a song going round in…

On Monday I spent a long time staring at my computer screen. I couldn’t take my eyes away yet I wasn’t working or writing letters or doing any of the…

A friend and I were on holiday in Skye. We’d heard that a Golden Eagle had been seen in one of the steep valleys close to where we were staying…

I sat down in my usual chair to start my quiet time with God this morning and became distracted by the view from the window. It hadn’t changed, it’s the…