How on earth do you teach your toddler about Jesus?
Chase them round the house reading from a story Bible?
Strap them in their highchair or car seat and open the ESV?
Wait until they’re a bit older and work it out then?
Nope! A quieter day isn’t coming, so set your stall out now! Sa…
“Do you remember when Mum made us walk until it was dark?!”
My children say this to one another with a shake of their heads and a knowing glance in my direction whenever I say, “It’s really not that far now!”
The mad year that is 2020 began for us in the Lake District. …
For us, family life in lockdown has led to a passion for rescuing wood from skips and growing veggies. When your son runs in from a walk exclaiming excitedly, “Mum, we found a new skip and the man said we could have his pallets” and your daughter prays, “Lord, keep the slugs off th…
John, Paul, George and Ringo. Their names belong together, and as an honorary Scouser – having lived off Penny Lane as a student and now living round the corner from Strawberry Fields - those 4 men made their mark on our city, our nation and our history as their combined talents made them glob…
The film, “Love Actually” got it wrong. If you want to see love, don’t go to Heathrow Airport, head to Piccadilly Circus. There in the middle of the bright lights, confused tourists and big buses is the statue of Eros. Except it isn’t. The statue is actually of Anteros, the b…
As I walked my daughter to school the other day, I could see that something was bothering her. “What’s the matter?” I asked. She shook her head. I came up with some guesses, “Is it something someone has said? Are you worried about your work? Have you forgotten something?&rdqu…
Has anyone seen the car keys? I know I had them yesterday … Depending on the age of the children in the house, the ‘obvious’ places to look may be down the back of the sofa, in a dressing-up handbag, buried in the garden, or underneath a sprawling heap of backpacks, lunchboxes &am…
Summer clothes? Check. Suncream? Check. Buckets and spades? Check. Address of a good local church? You what?!
If attending church isn’t already one of your family holiday habits, here are 6 reasons why you might want to give it a try.
God is still worth worshipping. Even when we are away from …
Holiday envy is like every other kind of envy - kitchen envy, career envy, wardrobe envy - only it tends to be particularly acute during the summer months when “everyone” is having an amazing holiday – apart from you. In part 1 we acknowledged that no parent is ever entirely &…
You’re on a campsite, late at night, miles from anywhere, after a particularly fractious journey. The eldest has just stormed off in a huff because of the lack of Wi-Fi. The 7 year-old can’t sleep because ‘it doesn’t smell right’ and the baby is inconsolable because, so…
