Christmas Light

We often talk of ‘lightbulb’ moments or ‘seeing’ an answer to a problem; sometimes, that seeing comes gradually (a little like how energy saving bulbs take time to warm up and let the full light shine through them) and sometimes suddenly. If we...

Advent Musings: Life Cycles

December has always been a busy month in my family for birthdays. My uncle’s birthday was 19th December; my mother’s 23rd December and my father’s 24th December. When my son and daughter-in-law announced their pregnancy with a due date in December, I felt as though...

Advent Musings: Life After Death

It might seem odd to be talking about life after death as we draw closer to Christmas, the time when we celebrate new life and birth, but the truth remains for humans that death is the one certain thing about life. We may not know when death will come, but we cannot...

News from India

It seems incredible that it is 8 months since we were in India visiting Fredrick and Reeba, but it has been wonderful to receive news from the Tailoring Programme this week. Reeba testifies to the impact of this programme in rescuing women from despair. Lakshmi, a 23...

Advent Musings: Life After Birth

Life after birth is what most of us mean by ‘life’. We can’t remember being in our mother’s womb; we count our birthdays from the time we made our visible arrival in the world. Our parents tell us about this time and about our early childhood; almost as soon as we...