Acts 12:6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. We all know what it is like to have a disturbing night’s sleep. There is no pleasure in ...

Acts 11:25-26 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus, to seek Saul: And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. Barnabas is a fine example of a young man who ...

For those of us who are old enough, you may recall John Denver’s ballad from 1986, ‘Some Days are Diamonds’. The words keep circulating in my head, ‘some days are diamonds, some days are stone, some times the hard times won’t leave me alone.’ We’ve all had those days, some ...

Proverbs 13:12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life. Lilly’s father had died of cancer when she was just a wee girl, perhaps 4 or 5. Too young to ever know him well. Her mother, the family always commented, was ...

I recently ran into an old friend; we hadn’t seen each other for years. ‘Let’s catch up over a coffee’ she blurted to me enthusiastically. And I agreed wholeheartedly that that would be wonderful. And then we parted, going our separate ways. Did she intend to carry through on her ...