God before Wife (Genesis 2)

I love my wife. She’s incredible. I’ve been blessed with an amazing and beautiful woman to be my companion for this life, and it’s my pleasure and God-given duty to love her. In this second post on Genesis I make no apology for skipping on a few verses, because this blog is not meant to …

Why do I Write?

Why do I write? The answer couldn’t be simpler: because I’m a writer. Writing is in my soul. I was born with it, I grew up with it, and I expect to still have it when I die. It’s always been there. Often I joke that I was writing before I was talking, and the …

The Importance of Father’s Day

Fathers’ Day is every bit as important as Mothers’ Day, even though it receives much less attention and has traditionally attracted much less significance. In fact, I think it’s even more important. Don’t mistake me: I think it is incredibly important to cherish and honour our mothers, to whom we owe so much. But when …

Thoughts on the Creation Debate (Genesis 1)

Here I'm going to start sharing some things that have struck me whilst reading the Bible. These posts originate from quiet times beginning in the New Year of 2014, and reflect my journey through God's word. I hope you'll join me on that journey. Having just finished reading the whole Bible, there is no better …

RTW Acrostic

I'm an occasional poet when the mood takes me. I particularly love acrostic poems, where the first letters of each line spell a significant word at the same time as the main poem is progressing. This is one I wrote to commemorate our Round-the-World trip in 2012.   Adventuring abroad across continents three, Undaunted we, …