3 Reasons You Can Be Thankful During Bad Times

In a season of thanksgiving, am I the only one who finds it hard to be thankful for all things? Of course, I have plenty for which I am thankful. Some are big things – my salvation through Christ, my family, my calling, my colleagues, and food on my plate at mealtime....

A Conviction Politician

I cannot remember a time when any British Prime Minister or Chancellor of the Exchequer put issues of world poverty at the top of the agenda for discussions by leaders of global superpowers. After much graft and more than a little arm-twisting, Tony Blair and Gordon...

Getting Off to a Clean Start

I don’t remember ever being made to have a bath because it was Christmas, but it was a sure part of my childhood experience of New Year. I’m from Scotland, where New Year is an important event. Christmas was abolished in Scotland at the Reformation in the...