Humpty Dumpty

‘The large crowd enjoyed listening to Jesus teach.’ That is how the CEV renders Mark 12.37. All clear, we say. Jesus was a great teacher....

Multiplication tables, the colours of the spectrum, parts of speech, the names of the planets, capital cities: time was when we learned...

So you say your son is no longer a Christian and you wonder what you can do about it. The answer is not a lot. That is if you persist in...

Peter we know; he was a fisherman. Definitely not a speechmaker. But that’s what he became. And also an organiser and one to solve a...

We go into our doctor’s surgery (or talk to him or her on the phone) one by one. We have our consultation and somebody else takes our...

For some it’s a sprint. For others it’s a marathon. We can deal in probabilities and reckon that a late-life career change may limit the...

Undoubtedly, we shall soon see the publication of ‘Forms of worship for use on Mars’ along with space-age choral arrangements of the...

Despite the good advice given us by W. H. Davies, we allow ourselves to be so full of care that we don’t stand and stare. We miss things....

Disraeli’s contempt for statistics should serve as a warning. To close church buildings and even out the supply of vicars is an...

‘My child is not a Christian! Help!’ ‘Madam, you’re using the wrong word.’ ‘What!’ ‘You used the word ‘Christian’. That’s a big mistake.’...

It’s possible to be too serious. When that happens, we think of ducks. They never have a break in their quacking schedule. Or if it’s not...

In 1943 British citizens had other things on their mind than philosophies of freedom. Church bells were ringing to celebrate El Alamein...

The Sherlock Holmes fans who wept when they thought their hero had died at the hands of Moriarty now have another hero. That hero is...

Surrounded as we are by delicacies from all the cuisines of both hemispheres, we sometimes hear the lament ‘Let’s have roast beef and two...

It is doubtless very agreeable to be born into privilege, to have the silver spoon, to be free of economic worries, to enjoy facilities...