30 years ago Emmanuel’s parents were murdered in the massacre, but this one courageous decision gave him hope.
A Christian Response to Suicide: Learning from the Past
When it comes to handling suicide, the church has made its greatest mistakes when it has not allowed pain to touch its own heart.
How Remembrance Day and WW2 Gave Me Moral Clarity about Israel/Hamas War
While I respect Obama in many ways, I have concerns about his popular view that ‘nobody’s hands are clean’ in the Israel-Hamas war.
How Death-Anxiety Impacts on Mental Health, and How to Live Life to the Full
If death anxiety is bubbling under our unconscious, and if some of our coping strategies are harmful, how can we help ourselves through it?
When Death Starts to Take Our Friends
Matthew Perry’s death sobers us. It reminds us of the fleeting nature of life and the fading nature of beauty.
The ‘Theology of The Skull’ in Euthanasia Laws
What we are watching in the post-Christian West is the inexorable marching of what I will term “The Theology Of The Skull”.
Rev Tim Keller 1950-2023: “We Take Comfort in His Last Words”
The much-loved cancer-stricken minister passed away while under hospice care, surrounded by his loved ones.
Christians in Syria and Turkey Call for Prayer After Deadly Earthquake
Churches in Turkey and Syria are calling for Christians around the world to pray, after earthquakes have killed almost 4,000 people.
My Friends’ Dads Are Dying. So What Are We Learning From It?
I don’t mean to sound too sombre, but planning for death, its inevitability and inexorable pull towards our grave, is not a bad thing.
Tributes for Angela Lansbury: 1925-2022
The much-loved ‘Murder, She Wrote’ actress and voice of Mrs Potts in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ has died peacefully at home at the age of 96.