The Japanese art of kintsugi is the art of fixing broken pottery with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver, or platinum, treating breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise. This kind of repair makes the...

As you know, we have been planting things in our house lately and enjoying the fruits of our labours. The chilli plants are abundantly providing chillies; we have been flavouring food with basil too! As a result of this, Paul’s comments in 1 Cor 3:8-9 (‘the one who...

The Bible is described as food for our spirits. In 1 Cor 3:2 and 1 Pet 2:2, it is likened to milk, the staple food for the baby. But just as a baby does not remain on milk forever, so too we need to progress in our understanding of the Word. Paul talks about ‘solid...