This has been a particularly hard winter for me. Never have I longed so much for spring. When folks ask me why, I usually respond that this one has been particularly cold, and enduring those kinds of temperatures has worn me down. But as I think about it more, I think it goes deeper than that. These...

Anyone who reads this blog knows that I have little patience for attempting to run churches by business principles. That’s been weighed in the scale and found wanting every time it’s been attempted. Last evening, as I was prepping for an interview I was to conduct with a supply chain exp...

Filed under: United Kingdom, Airlines, Airports, News The UK has a bit of a history when it comes to airports getting in the way of your vacation plans. London Heathrow airport is where I've spent many a night waiting for air traffic to get back to normal while they attempt to fix whatever was inter...

The Courage to Have Faith By Pastor Colin Let’s be honest. Our lives are not easy and sometimes it’s really difficult to trust in the Lord – to truly walk in faith as we struggle through life’s challenges. So can God still work through us when our own lack of courage makes living...

Independent: I have heard that the Gaia theory means that the Earth is alive. What does that mean, exactly? Roger Middleton, Chester The Earth system (Gaia) shares many attributes with a living cell; it metabolises, it responds to changes in its environment, it can die, and it reduces its internal e...

Independent: I have heard that the Gaia theory means that the Earth is alive. What does that mean, exactly? Roger Middleton, Chester The Earth system (Gaia) shares many attributes with a living cell; it metabolises, it responds to changes in its environment, it can die, and it reduces its internal e...

Everyone seems to be struggling for money right now, don’t they? Everywhere you turn. There’s nothing more isolating than discovering you’ve got no money, or not enough money to get you through to pay day if you’re lucky enough to have a job. But remember, the very rich are f...

Who, Me? By Imee Dalton I have come to find that having faith in God is, in a sense, to also have faith in myself, in who I am in Christ. To have faith that despite myself, despite my shortcomings or even my talents, that God has called me to a purpose. That He has uniquely made me and sees in me so...

Times (UK): The survival of honeybees is under threat from an unknown army of 20,000 beekeepers who keep hives as a hobby. In a hard-hitting report today, the National Audit Office (NAO) suggests that unless these amateurs are identified and taught how to spot disease in bees, the country's food pro...

Times (UK): The beaver is a gentle, retiring creature. He's a rodent lumberjack and he's OK: he works all night and he sleeps all day. And he makes a lovely waterproof hat. But this shy herbivore has now become the focus of a ferocious battle, at the very moment the wild beaver is returning to these...