Writing

Today we celebrated New Year’s Eve and the joint East End service at St. Mark’s Church, but we also celebrated my father’s birthday. Late in…

In the wake of jailed Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo winning the nobel peace prize, I remember listening to the radio where the presenter was talking…

Social media is alive with discussions on a hot subject that is currently dividing the church — mushy peas. The Church is split broadly into…

As children my brother Matthew and I would place stockings on the ends of our beds each Christmas Eve and would be excited to unwrap…

To come into the presence of God — and one can do this anywhere at any time — is both terrifying and heartening. It begins…

In 1670, a choirmaster at the Cologne Cathedral in Germany was fed up with the noises from the children during services. During their big Christmas…

A young couple moved into a new neighbourhood. The first morning they were sitting together eating breakfast when the young woman saw her neighbour hanging…

A man and his wife were invited to spend the weekend at the husband’s employer’s home. The wife was nervous about the weekend because the…

One of my father’s hobbies is pottery, and I’m not sure whether what draws him to the activity is the fact that he can turn…

Yesterday I stopped by the military cemetery at St George’s and was not surprised to see that so many of the graves were of young…

A wealthy business man decided to upgrade the decor in his office, and advertised for artists to submit their ideas on how they would illustrate…

I was lucky to grow up knowing all of my grandparents. I loved them all dearly, but you have never met two ladies more different…