Chris is six two, slim build with powerful muscles. He works out a lot and loves boxing. He has been in and out of jail since he was 14.

It is often difficult for Christians to grieve. Sometimes the loss is so palpable it is hard to see the Lord’s goodness.

Jessica had been admitted to hospital for self harm. She was only 14.

A hospital baptism shows just how great God is.

I had the privilege the other day of going back to Lithgow jail. I left there a year ago after seven years as a prison Chaplain.

Deena and her siblings were foster children, passed from home to home. The good situations never cancelled out the bad ones.

I have found it easy to connect with people on the margins of our society. They’re responsive when they’re treated as fellow human beings. But....

As I write this my friend John is dying.

As you celebrate Christmas this year, spare a thought and prayer for those people who are struggling.

An encounter with Clara, an amazing woman of God.

When can a person with dementia make a voluntary decision to end their life?

This blog is about good news in hard places but while the man whose story is told here has had something of a good outcome, this is not a good news story.

When I was Chaplain in the Remand Centre people used to ask me what I did in there.

At a party, Joshua did a stupid thing. Life has been a downhill run since then.

Robert's home had never been safe. His mother moved regularly to stay one step ahead of his violent father.