And He said to them, “Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a master of a house, who brings out...

I think this series was inspired by thinking about the New Year, although I realise that by the time the first instalment is posted more...

Few gifts really change your life. Advertisers aim to convince you that the thing they want to sell is something you want. The best...

You’ve probably experienced the scenario of the unwanted Christmas present. The sinking feeling and feigned gratitude as the paper falls...

There is an art to wrapping Christmas presents and I don’t have it! My wife does. What she can do with a sheet of paper, a ribbon and a...

In the nativity plays Joseph is often a bit of an ‘extra’ – it’s not quite clear what he’s for. Admittedly, he didn’t have a part...

It’s not even December and I can’t escape the constant chitter chatter about what to get for Christmas. My children are running around...

Silence and speech; emptiness and meaning. These may seem like opposites, but Psalm 19 suggests otherwise. In this psalm, one of the...

Contentment is a rare quality. Personally speaking, I struggle a lot with restlessness – a feeling that I’ve not yet settled down and...

The psalms are chronicles of the human heart. They express the movements of emotion that typify the human experience as the writers pour...

The concept of the ‘god complex’ was first described by British psychoanalyst Ernest Jones. He argued that some people had such an...

Human beings occupy an interesting place in the universal scale of size. We sit somewhere in the middle of the range of organisms we can...

The second psalm contrasts with the first in that it expands the horizon way beyond the contrast between individuals that Psalm 1...

Permanence is undervalued in our culture. Move with the times, change with the seasons, go with the flow are the themes of this age. ...

This week’s blog post is later in the day than normal and will be fairly brief. It starts a new series in which I’m planning to look at...