“A ship in a harbour is safe, but that’s not what ships were built for.” That was the caption on a poster I…

For many years, scientists used to think that your appendix served no useful purpose. It’s a classic example of what’s called a vestigial…

It began In the Beginning. It will end in The End. But what came between, and what matter? The song of the Angels;…

This Sunday we remember Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem riding a donkey’s foal. It has gone down as one of the iconic moments in…

I built a castle on the beach. As it does every day, the tide came in and went out again, so I built…

One of the most important things we learn in life, very often from our mothers, is discernment. Whether it’s not being too trusting…

In the 1880s, a wealthy father promises his young son a horse of his own for his 21st birthday. But when the day comes,…

Almost everybody – apart from the very privileged – go through times when they worry about the future. But at present there do…

I wonder what you consider to be valuable. Maybe you invested (or are investing) years of work to achieve something special, and the…

Most of us are profoundly shaped by our parents and their expectations for us. Alongside their expectations for our behaviour growing up, they…