Is there any Light in the darkness

Is there any Light in the darkness

Winter, especially as we approach the shortest day, is a season of darkness. The grey skies and cold temperatures aren’t conducive to life and joy. You may also feel that the current outlook on life in general reflects this bleak outlook. In many ways the...
Can you be found this Christmas?

Can you be found this Christmas?

Mary had it tough! We often portray the Christmas story with Mary riding a donkey toward Bethlehem and giving birth in a stable, as though it were almost clinical and joy-filled. Having attended at least four births, including my own, though I don’t remember...
How to handle expectation

How to handle expectation

Handling our expectation helps us handle life in general! Having travelled in several parts of the world, I have observed an interesting phenomenon. Happiness seems to reduce in direct proportion to our expectations. In Africa, where the normal people have so little...
Living with purpose after the dust has settled!

Living with purpose after the dust has settled!

Living with purpose is an age old question. Now we are appearing to move away from the pandemic of Covid19 and the dust is settling. How can you live with purpose? The worlds focus, discussion, complaint was all about a virus and how it was managed for nearly two...
A Grateful African View of Christmas

A Grateful African View of Christmas

An African view of Christmas   This is an extract from a recent interview with Manga, a Nigerian Christian. Could you tell us what happened in October 2012 while you were at home with your family? After 2012 I was at home and it all happened when an Islamic group of...
A New Look This Christmas brings Hope

A New Look This Christmas brings Hope

Getting something New this Christmas Several shepherds had their different flocks, which they needed to keep safe at night out in the fields, so they lived out there in the fields with their sheep. Until, that is, one remarkable night their watching was thoroughly...