Abandoned but not forgotten Alok Pal, at just 19 years of age, was very excited to be joining his first vessel. He worried little at the time that his family had paid $5,000 to a shipping agent to secure his passage because he had been promised that he could pay that back and make a […]

CHRISTIANS and CRICKET From Rwanda I don’t like cricket, oh no, I love it As I write this I am in Kigali, Rwanda, on a scoping visit for a regional meeting in 2018. The Consultation we are planning is exploring how to use the influence of sport and faith to motivate and educate young people […]

I have often heard people describe the Christmas story as ‘timeless’. My recent visit to Jordan has reminded me of how that is still true. I met teenage sisters Yvanna & Diana at St Paul’s Church in Amman. They had made the perilous journey from Aleppo two weeks prior to my visit on a donkey […]