I am taking a break over the holidays and shall be back with a New Year’s reflection on 6 January. Wishing you all a joyful celebration as we remember the Word who became flesh and ‘tabernacled’ among us (John 1:14).

1 Kings 10:1-29 Some years ago on holiday, I returned to a church that I had visited before. It drew a lot of young people who enjoyed the upbeat musical worship, which in the past was headed by a talented…

Amos 9:1-10 Towards the end of my first degree, I was teaching English as a second language part-time in a grammar school. One of my students was the son of a colleague and as such, he knew himself to be…

Amos 8:4-14 The Christian youth hostel in Israel where I worked as a volunteer in my gap year had a dog. Around 11pm every evening, we would lock the office for the night and, occasionally, we failed to notice the…

1 Sam 20:24-42 After a concert with a group from her church, a Christian classmate was walking home the same way as another girl who had recently joined her church. The girl, however, seemed a little confused and did not…

Wishing you all a peaceful and joyful Christmas and God’s presence with you in the New Year! Thank you for reading along this year. I shall be back next week with the usual schedule.

I am taking a break over the next two weeks from posting and will re-start in the New Year in the second week of January.

I am taking a break for a week and will be back with the usual Monday and Thursday posts from 3 Jan. May you know God’s strength and comfort whatever the circumstances in your neck of the woods. Thank you…

I am taking time off from blogging to rest and be with family, so there will be no new posts this week. However, last year’s reflections from around this time can be found here and here. The next new post…