Male and female
Most people know whether they are either 'male' or 'female'. But for some the situation is not so clear. Whether for biological or psychological reasons, they have a problem clearly identifying their gender. In which [...]
An open window
The health of Christianity in the West is often measured by church attendance and it sadly reveals a steep decline. Generally speaking, Western society is disenchanted with religion. The alarming violence displayed by Islamic extremism [...]
Many sparrows
Thousands of visitors come to London to admire the grand architecture. But keeping the outside of the buildings clean is a problem - because of all the sparrows that try to roost on the walls!! [...]
Great News for the World
World news is usually bad news nowadays. But unlike today’s newspapers, Great News for the World makes exciting and reassuring reading. Gently but surely its scientist author, Alan Hayward, leads his readers towards a satisfying faith. He [...]
Something more valuable
Anyone who has seen a graph of world record times will understand why athletics is considering a bold proposal. Steady improvement across the sport has clearly been altered by the development of anti-doping tests. In [...]
Striving lawfully
The Olympic Games in Rio have come and gone. But like many sporting events before and since, those Olympics were tarnished by doping, with individual athletes and even whole national teams being banned from competing [...]
Alternative facts
“Its easier to believe a lie that one has heard a thousand times than to believe a fact that one has never heard before.” (Robert Wilson Lynd: 1879-1949) This quotation, by the Irish writer Robert [...]
Many winners!
The Olympic Games started a week ago in Brazil with the prospect of three weeks of non-stop sports coverage across the media. Even if our interest is slight, we cannot ignore the Olympics and it [...]
Small flames and big fires!
“A small flame can set an immense heap of wood on fire.” We often see the truth of those words in the fires that sweep through parched fields and forests, sometimes destroying vast areas including [...]
Free Circuses!!
The following words appeared in an advertisement in Newsweek magazine sometime ago: “It wasn’t the Goths that defeated Rome. It was the free circuses! Luxuries, power, indulgence had made the once tough Roman people soft. [...]