The God of New Things

Many of us go into the New Year with new things: presents bought for us at Christmas, new clothes, new ideas, new resolutions. We like the idea of newness and begin a new year with a fresh sense of anticipation and excitement, believing we can shed the obsolescence of...

The Hard Work of Prayer

The birth of my granddaughter on Christmas Eve has made me ponder new birth in new ways. Having given birth to my own son by Caesarean section because he was in a breech position, I have no personal experience of labour whatsoever, but am assured by all other mothers...