Destiny
I watched the movie, ‘Letters to Juliet’, some years ago. It was at the time that my Dad would have turned 75 if he’d still been alive. I came across this little excerpt which I wrote linking the film to…
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Bishop Hall on David’s grief
“The king said to the Cushite, ‘Is it well with the young man Absalom?” (2 Samuel 18:32). One more from Bishop Hall who in his reflection upon the death of Absalom connects David’s response to the death of Christ. “As…
The Hiding Place
“You are a hiding place for me; you preserve me from trouble; you surround me with shouts of deliverance.” (Psalm 32:7). I’m writing on the 15th April 2023. I note that because I discovered that today marks 40 years since the death of…
The city of God
The front page headline yesterday proclaimed: ‘Pride and Prejudice’. But where did the prejudice lie? Our city has rejected ‘the narrow door’ ( Luke 13:24) and the paper was proudly displaying its colours. We live in sad times in our…