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They thought it was a ghost! Ever thought that what you were seeing was a ghost? And then discovered that it wasn’t? Let me tell you a story about some men to whom that once happened. It’s a true story, too, and one that has a very powerful message for every reader of this column. […]Read more

What’s the point? It caught my eye immediately – a full page photo of a man sitting on a step, a pensive look on his face. Above him, in large letters, the question that heads this article, “What’s the point?” And then a few words of explanation: “It is perhaps the biggest question of them […]Read more

You are not beyond repair Back in 1972 there was an incident in the Vatican that sent shock waves through the art world. A man went berserk with a hammer and severely damaged a priceless marble sculpture called the Pieta. The Pieta depicts the Virgin Mary supporting the dead body of her Son, the Lord […]Read more

Springtime and the Faithfulness of God I haven’t heard anyone expressing any doubts about it. No-one seems to think that spring is only maybe going to come. We’re sure that it’s coming! Soon it will be here in all its glory. It’s easy to imagine that this is just the way it is; that the […]Read more

The child who was born to be King It can scarcely be said that His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge slipped quietly into the world, the news of his birth barely travelling beyond the circle of his family. That’s how it was with most of us, I suppose. Not with the royal baby! I […]Read more

Now where have we seen this before? For someone who was a dunce at science it might seem strange that geology should fascinate me. But it does. Many years back I was introduced to the life and writings of one of the early pioneers of geology, Hugh Miller (1802-56). The thirteen volumes of his collected […]Read more

No greater gift than this Christmas is a time for giving gifts and most of us, I’m sure, are thinking about and planning what we are going to give. It is also a time when we think about a gift that has already been given, the greatest gift that has ever been given – Jesus, […]Read more

What can we say to the victims? You know her. Or you’ve read about her. Or she’s you. A victim of rape. How many of them there are! A wicked father, an abusive boyfriend, a cruel soldier, a complete stranger – guilty of the vilest of deeds. What physical and emotional injury they do. What […]Read more

No better marriage than this Anyone know what a morganatic marriage is? When I came across the expression recently and reached for the dictionary I had no clue whatsoever as to what I would find. The discovery was interesting! The marriage last year of the heir to the British throne, HRH Prince William, to Read more

No crackpot theory but veriest truth It’s certainly an attention grabber: on such and such a day the world is going to end. There are always some, too, who sincerely believe it. They talk about it, plan for it, anticipate it with a variety of emotions, and expect that it’s really going to happen. But […]Read more