This Christmas I will be remembering the words of the famous hymn – ‘What can I give Him, Poor as I am?If I were a shepherd, I would bring a lamb;If I were a Wise Man, I would do my part;Yet what I can I give Him: Give my heart.’Christina Rossetti The heart is a…
Years ago I flew over the Sahara desert on my way to Cameroon. I gazed down on it from the window of the aeroplane for hours and hours – thousands and thousands of miles of barrenness and emptiness. Occasionally I caught sight of traces of green – places where there was enough moisture for some…
As we were chatting away after this morning’s Advent service, tea and coffee in hand, winter quietly crept up on us……