Humpty Dumpty

We all know that John the Baptist had a one-word message: ‘Repent.’ Not quite so well known is the fact that William Drummond (1585-1649)...

The advent hymn that sets the standard for all advent hymns comes, not surprisingly, from the Methodist stable. The Rev James King (no...

We have to choose – between life in the wilderness and life in the jungle, between living in caves or building with bricks and mortar....

When a child does his best work and brings it to his mother as a gift, she will most likely shed a tear. The gift will have its...

Elisha got started as an independent prophet when he saw the chariot of fire. At that point his predecessor, Elijah, was taken up to...

Sorry about that but we’re all suffering from it. It’s a premature experience of what the Book of Common Prayer calls the nativity of our...

I remember a Boys’ Brigade camp on the Isle of Wight when the canvas walls of the marquee came down and we were in the presence of a...

There simply aren’t enough to go round. We might be talking about ships in a navy or their commanders. It’s an old, old story. There...

We lose keys, telephone numbers and other items and then fuss around looking for them. We also lose words. But we hardly notice they have...

When Walter Scott wrote: ‘This is my own, my native land’, he was advocating localism. Like G.K. Chesterton he was not alone in...

We take names for granted. Everybody and everything must have a name so that we can know what or whom we are talking about. But how that...

He gets a large chunk of Paul’s letter to the Philippians. Paul obviously thought highly of him. But if there were a quiz inviting names...

If we think of Dr Spock and his inter-galactic acquaintances, we rapidly move beyond our imagination. We pay special people to bring into...

‘Into the bin with it!’ is how we deal with the remnants of our on-line deliveries. Our bins are full as a result. Once it was different....

It is agreed, then. The word ‘Gospel’ means good news. Christianity is in essence a message. It is not an institution. It is not a...

Any reader of this blog who harbours secret longings to be a writer of best-sellers will do well to consider the meteoric career of Edgar...

‘I know I have the body but of a weak, feeble woman but I have the heart and stomach of a king and of a king of England too.’ We all know...

Some like Cadbury’s; others prefer Green and Black. Tastes in chocolate vary. And the same is true of parts of the Bible. Some pages show...