Millennials: A Self-Critique

Millennials: A Self-Critique Helpful or not, "Millennial" is a label that's here to stay. Thanks to copious media coverage over the last few years it's an increasingly familiar term, and more often than not it seems to be used in a negative context. A lot of criticism gets thrown our way: we have an entitlement …

God in my Waiting (Exodus 2)

God in my Waiting (Exodus 2). I wonder if you're at all like me? Do you like things to happen right away? Do you absolutely hate waiting? Does your life, like mine, dispel the myth that we British like to queue? Yes, I'm a very impatient person. Although I know a lot of people who …

A Covenant With My Eyes (Job 31)

A Covenant With My Eyes (Job 31). Ok, here goes. I'm going to write a blog-post about purity. Not because I'm pure. But because I'm not. I've hesitated long to write about something so intensely personal, but I can no longer avoid the issue. It came up in my reading of Job and I was …

Then God Remembered (Genesis 30)

Have you ever wondered about the phrase ‘God remembered’? It seems to imply that God can forget, or at least that something has been absent from His mind until it is remembered. It occurs throughout the Bible, and I first came across it in the story of Noah:   “But God remembered Noah and all …

Astrom: an Introduction

Astrom is the world I have created. It is an imaginary continent on a fictitious planet, very like our own. This as-yet-unnamed planet contains many continents, of which Astrom is by no means the biggest, but it is the most distinctive, the oldest in conception, and the main setting for my stories.   As you …

Parenthood: The Greatest Adventure of All

I discovered recently that I’m going to be a dad: Lucy and I are expecting our first child next May. We’ve had the 12-week scan to confirm that all is well, which meant we could share our news with friends and family at last. I was quite overwhelmed by the outpouring of affection and goodwill …

Unhealthy Paradise

Were you to think that I’d give myself a break after my gruelling 3-day Grand Canyon crossing, then you’d be wrong. If you were to think that I’d be stupid to do anything else, then you’d be right. Certainly, planning a hike into and out of Havasu Canyon on successive days straight after slogging up …

A Weekend in Paris

Some time ago we booked for ourselves a week down at my parents' holiday gites, Les Hirondelles. As the time grew nearer, I thought to myself, why not combine this with a weekend stopover in Paris to celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary? So I went ahead with this plan, initially keeping it from Lucy but …