Archive for 'Author Archive'

Mrs Mari Jones (1915-2012)

Mrs Mari Jones (1915-2012)

Mrs Mari Jones (or ‘Anti Mari’ as she was affectionately known to so many of us) was an important figure in the beginnings of the Evangelical Movement of Wales back in the 1950s. She was present [...]

Letter to the editor

Letter to the editor

Dear editor, Thank you for the invitation to write an article on Proverbs 6:6. I was really looking forward to writing it because it contains one of my favourite lines in the Bible: ‘Go to the [...]

Cry freedom

Cry freedom

It started with Tunisia, a small Muslim country in North Africa with a population of just over ten million, and spread rapidly to Egypt, the largest and one of the oldest nations in the Arabic-speaking world. [...]

A painful decision

A painful decision

My dear wife suffered from bouts of severe depression that sometimes required treatment in hospital. Her last clinical depression happened sixteen years ago. I visited her on the Saturday afternoon before having to leave to fulfil [...]

A week on outdoor camp

A week on outdoor camp

Saturday Arrived on site in time to help set up. Feeling nervous about meeting the kids in my tent – will they want to do Bible studies? Will they listen to me? Will they like me? [...]

I send my children to a state school because…

I send my children to a state school because…

A few years ago we moved to a new city because of my job. Our first priority was to find a house to rent near to the church we would be attending. Having found a house [...]