Lockdown challenge
Over the course of the pandemic Angus and I compiled a book about our family history. Angus has been researching his for over 60 years...
First Steps in Theology
Having taught Sunday School children over decades it never ceased to amaze me how much I learned from them. They didn’t approach the...
The Wrong Way Round!
I was brought up in Ayr and knew the outline of the Arran hills by heart as I painted them so often. In 1990 we moved as a family to...
Just For Fun
I wonder what you do when you don’t have anything that really needs done. When there’s nothing shouting, ‘I need done and I need done...
Try To Imagine
I’ve heard it said that we can’t really understand someone until we’ve walked in their shoes and, of course, we can never do that. But it...
An additional treat
A well-chosen book makes a lovely gift, whatever the occasion. And one that encloses a book mark is a special treat. I’ll leave you to...
My Tuesday Drawer
When I was writing for Christian Focus Publications, I sometimes had hundreds of sheets of printed interviews lying in my study. That was...
Writing to clear the mind
The last two years have given us examples of how to do things well and how to do things badly. We have watched news footage of intensive...
Putting poetry to use
Those of us who write poetry often do a strange thing. We put it in a folder and keep it there all unread apart from when we cast a...
A Lesson Learned
As well as writing a number of books I have also edited a good selection of other writers’ manuscripts. Editors have a long list of...
