Why am I being held to ransom by a minority of intolerant people who shout louder than anyone else? Why am I afraid to express sincerely held and thought through traditional biblical Christian views, for fear of being labelled "intolerant", "homophobic", or out of touch...
Is This A Setup, Or The Real Thing? The Youth For Christ outfit in the area that I was due to work in, got in touch with the local secondary school and asked if I could do a lunchtime concert while I was in the area....
As my four-year course at Spurgeon’s Theological College was drawing to an end, I was looking around to find the kind of church situation that I would fit into. I visited several churches who were on the look out for a new minister and then...
I remember my first week at Spurgeon's College vividly! Being first year students there were things we were expected to do by way of initiation! One of these exercises was to show how well we knew our college ‘War Cry’ in New Testament Greek. We...
‘You’ve got a lot of bottle to play that thing in here, sir!’ The time: 1979. I had just started out on the road to discovering the amazing potential of a schools ministry. The place: an unsuspecting sixth-form common room somewhere in the South of...
Following my fight with cancer in 2015, my creativity started to emerge from the big black hole I found myself in for some years. I was a prolific song writer in the early years of my music ministry, releasing one album every two years at...
I remember quite clearly my first driving lesson. Walking down Nelson Avenue, the unmade road where we lived, to meet the driving instructor who would not venture anywhere near our home for fear of getting stuck in the mud! I had a pretty good idea...
IN 2014, PROSTATE CANCER WAS ON THE HORIZON. After a long journey, loads of blood tests, examinations and, to be honest, long delays in between, Christian friends raised enough money for me to have an operation to remove my prostate under private medical treatment. By the...
Only Take Safe Risks!?? My father told me on many occasions, probably with tongue in cheek, “I only take safe risks!” A contradiction in terms, but a position many of us take in life. We like the thought of jumping over the edge with a parachute, exploring...
