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As the seasons change, we also change our clothing. We put on our shorts, vest tops and sandals in the Summer, and then we bring out the long sleeves and...

What kind of tree are you? I have pondered on this image and question a lot over the past months. A related image of being ‘well-watered’ has been a focus...

In was Christmas in 1998. I was in my second year at Cliff College. I’d started college on the foundation course but they had moved me to the three year...

I read this quote the other day, and it stuck with me: ‘Helping one person might not change the world, but it could change the world for one person’. As...

At a crime scene the police check for fingerprints. According to the dictionary ‘a fingerprint is a mark left by the friction ridges of a human finger’. Did you know...

During the first lockdown last summer, I was in my garden reading. I was thoughtful and looking back a little apprehensively about what the future of the Church would look...

His name was Judge ‘Send-em-Down’ Jelland. Back in the day, he had a serious reputation amongst the Manchester criminal underworld for being one of the most hard-line Judges. He was...

I love everything about Christmas. The tree, the decorations, hearing Mariah Carey for the hundredth time, the tacky jumpers, the Queen’s speech and the food! Growing up in my house...

If you had been with me and my mate Steve, you would have had a good laugh as you watched me puffing and panting, red in the face, as my...

One of the verses in the Bible that has helped shape what Proclaim Trust has become is the one when God says to Moses in the book of Exodus, ‘Go back...

I don’t know about you, but I’ve recently been more confused than an optical illusion on acid. If you’ve never taken drugs before, that illustration may be null and void....

During the month of July my devotional Bible reading, and reflections brought the Gospel of John and the book of Jeremiah into glorious collision. One morning in particular stood out...