Have you sat down to watch the news recently? I find it a somewhat overwhelming experience. There always seems to be news of some disaster from floods to forest fires, from glaciers melting to volcanoes erupting, often with hundreds of lives lost and thousands displaced. These people are also dealing with a pandemic. Can you …
Last week I wrote about the importance of spending time in prayer. We know that communication is vital to sustaining a healthy relationship, therefore, the same principle applies to our relationship with God. However, a relationship with God is very different from all our other relationships. For instance, God is all-knowing, all-powerful and sovereign amongst …
I am certain for most of us, our first thought would be, “yes, of course, everyone is welcome in my church!”. Well, let’s imagine a prostitute walked into your church wearing her street clothes. She walks up to where you are sitting and sits next to you. She smells like she’s been partying all night …
Last week, I wrote about God’s love. One of the most used counter-arguments to the existence of a loving God is human pain and suffering. The argument generally goes something like this: “why would a loving God allow suffering?”. This is one of the fundamental questions of human existence because most of us, at one …
Yesterday was the last of the 12 days of Christmas. In the Christian world, the last day of Christmas is called the Epiphany. It is a commemoration of the Magi finally finding the new-born King, Jesus. Matthew’s gospel tells us that the Magi were wise men (astrologers) from the East, who had followed a star …
On the 14th of December, 1999, a cold winter evening, I landed at Heathrow terminal 3. Six hours earlier, I had left behind friends and family to emigrate to England. I had left behind the comfort of the familiar and plough straight into the unknown. Although I was born in London, my parents emigrated to …
“The number of homeless people in the UK has increased to at least 320,000, according to the charity, Shelter. That represents a 4% increase on last year’s figures – equivalent to 36 people becoming homeless every day.” According to the Food Aid Foundation, “Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five …
