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 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...

It has been a very exciting Christmas period in our church, with the birth of a baby on Christmas Eve and the announcement of an engagement on Christmas Day! I love hearing about proposals of marriage, though it was nerve-wracking to be 'in' on my son's proposal,...