I am a Soldier by Ward Draper

“He was on me. Pounding my face. Threatening to kill me if I screamed. His hand across my mouth muffled my cries. I bite down, hard. His dirty hand flew from my lips and I could taste his blood on my tongue. I parted my mouth to scream fire for help but no one...

A HAWK TOOK FLIGHT by Brian Thomas

A HAWK TOOK FLIGHT: STORIES BEHIND THE SONGS OF BRIAN THOMASListen to the song here. A wedding is a special event, especially when you have watched the relationship grow from a small beginning into a lifelong commitment. This wedding was one I was not going to miss,...

Into the Silence by Fi Calder

I linger in the doorwayreluctant to step over the thresholdHe stands before meHis hand held out in invitation‘come, Dear One, I’ll show you the way’I take His hand and He leads me into the unknowninto the silence, into the darknessever deeper into the emptinessmy...

Grief by Fi Calder

Grief. A few months ago I was fortunate enough to hear Mike Stewart from St. Matts, give a talk on suffering. He asked us ‘have you got room in your theology for suffering?’ So here was the challenge; suffering and sadness is a part of life, but do we have a...

On the Cure for Self-Loathing by Michelle Elrick

When in a lowly state, a state of craving, melancholy and internal disappointment, there is a thing to do other than indulge. Follow Moses up the mountain. And in the first steps you will remember that Christ is the new Moses and the new mountain is not Sinai and the...

Uncle Eddie–A Tribute by Laurel Braun

My earliest memories of Eddie are from when I was a little girl. My family attended Central Heights MB Church, and from where we sat, each and every Sunday – In the first row of the balcony on the far right side – I had an ideal vantage from which to view the faithful...