Greed
He had always hated being so small. Eventually it had made him mean, bullish and unpleasant. When others had laughed at him, he had remembered and held it against them….
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Curriculum Vitae
Gladys Aylward was a missionary to China more than 50 years ago. She was forced to leave when Japanese troops invaded Yuncheng. With only one other adult, she attempted the…
Blame
They stood naked, shivering and awkward behind the biggest tree they could find. Shamed and humiliated, they didn’t dare to look at their own bodies, let alone one another’s. Childlike…
Early bird
Timing wise, I have an interesting background. My Mum’s version of ‘on time’ involves at least a healthy fifteen-minute wait on arrival. She is not as early as my Grandma…
Eye spy
I lost count of the amount of times I heard the phrase. Tom was like a broken record for the first hour of our five hour journey. “Are we nearly…
Handle with care
When I was at university the word ‘unhelpful’ was an almost comedic euphemism employed amongst my circle of Christian friends for anything that could cause someone else to stumble. It…
Happy place
Yesterday I spent five minutes lying in a hammock in a walnut tree. It was amazing. Not a cloud in the sky, a distant cuckoo, the comforting gentle breeze and…
The holy grail
I was fast asleep. As I ‘came to’ I distinctly heard God tell me to go to Birmingham New Street station. I tried to go back to sleep. I was…
Space invader
I was out shopping in a supermarket one day and waiting in the queue with my 10 month old baby. He was hot and bored and not impressed by the…
Shield to the soul
Some days my phone does not ring at all. Other days it feels like I’m living in the Headquarters of Reuters. People know that I love to pray, and that…