All of us would like life to be all about ‘plain sailing’, a metaphor describing smooth and easy progress in a process or activity. As Christians, we sometimes believe that this is what a life of faith means: the constant intervention of a benevolent God who, if He...

Ps 68:20 says, ‘our God is a God who saves; from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.’ This was the experience of the 276 men on board the ship with Paul when he was journeying to Rome following his appeal to Caesar. Encouraged and sustained by Paul’s word to...

My two grandchildren love blankets and quilts. Neither has ever taken to dummies or sucking thumbs, so their blanket is their comfort, and (like Linus) they drag these items around the house and outdoors, given half a chance. They have blankets at my house as well as...