Blogposts

Bible Reading with Dyslexia (Ros' Blog)

This week’s blog post is taken from one submitted by Aurora Betony, a dyslexic adult who was identified with dyslexia in mid adulthood.  Since then, she has been looking for ways to self-help individually and as part of a community of dyslexic people. She... read more »

The Name that is a Place (Ros' Blog)

I have just returned from a ministry trip to India. It was an enjoyable but moving trip, staying in a home for girls rescued from trafficking, and having lots of opportunities to speak both within a church and to other groups in the city.... read more »

“Though he is dead, he still speaks” (Hebrews 11.4) (Ros' Blog)

Every now and then I like to research disabled people from the past.  I find it fascinating to see how, in an age when there was little understanding of disabled people’s strengths and abilities, and little teaching within the church of a Biblical theology... read more »

Banishing the New Year Blues

As 2016 dawns, the situation looks bleak in many parts of the world. We look with helplessness at the terrible political situations in the Middle East, North Africa and parts of Latin America. Persecution of the Church is on the rise all over the... read more »

Happy New Year (Ros' Blog)

Some years ago, I read an article by Miles Kington about New Years’ resolutions. He said he only made ones he knew he could keep. I can’t remember all the examples he gave, but I do recall that one of them was never to... read more »

Good Christians All, Rejoice! (Ros' Blog)

Last Wednesday I was invited to take my daughter to a different kind of carol service at a church in a town half an hour from home. Never one to miss out on a good carol sing, Ellen was enthusiastic about going. For those... read more »

Don't Make Him Come Down There! (Ros' Blog)

I wrote this script for performance at my church last Christmas. The cast consists of just 5 angels. As I re-read it recently, it occurred to me that it could easily be played by a cast of disabled actors. Apart from the 2 angels... read more »

Outside Our Four Walls (Ros' Blog)

There are comparatively few instances in the Gospels where we see Jesus in the religious environment. There is the occasion when He was twelve years old and His parents lost Him on their way home from Jerusalem, and found Him in discussion with the... read more »

Beauty in Decay (Ros' Blog)

I have just come back from a week’s holiday in the North Yorkshire Moors. The weather has been glorious and I’ve divided my time between reading and walking in the stunning North Yorkshire countryside. I haven’t needed a coat – in fact, if it... read more »

Disabled, Homeless, Unwanted… (Ros' Blog)

Just over a year ago I wrote a blog post about the terrible plight of disabled Iraqi Christians, many of whom were internally displaced refugees. Now we have a vast number of people on the move, fleeing unimaginable horrors in places like Eritrea, Chad,... read more »