To my immense joy, two of my former pupils bought me a book by Eugene Peterson entitled 'The Pastor' as a leaving present. (In fairness, I was inundated with presents which was truly very touching, with pupils, staff and parents being incredibly generous and very...

When I first became a Christian, one of the key verses that seemed to be everywhere (song, sermon etc.) was Isaiah 60:1 TNIV: “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you." Another popular verse was Isaiah 52:1 TNIV: "Awake, awake,...

Back in the days long ago when I studied chemistry, I can remember learning about saturated solutions. A saturated solution has reached the point at which a solution of the substance can dissolve no more of that substance and additional amounts of it will appear as a...