Pilgrim’s Progress

A book my Dad once gave me has had a huge impact on my life – John Bunyan’s, “Pilgrim’s Progress.” It is the story of a man who lived in the City of Destruction. He read a small Book telling him of coming judgement of all who lived in the city. This knowledge became...

Mental Health

The term, “mental health” has been around since the mid-19th century but was not widely studied. However, in 1948 the World Health Organisation defined mental health as, “…a condition…which enables the individual to achieve a satisfactory synthesis of his (sic) own...

Be Caught In the Moment

In the1960s I followed the Apollo space program with interest. Then came the greatest flight of all – to the Moon! Students were sent home from school to watch the amazing event, the culmination of so many years’ planning and coordination. But soon even space travel...

Team

I have my father’s old “slouch hat” he wore as a 19-year-old. He joined up with a few of his school mates late in WW2. They trained together and later decided they would all volunteer with the British Commonwealth Occupation Forces (BCOF), going to Japan to...

A Friend That Sticks Closer Than a Brother

Tomorrow is the birthday of a very close family member. I remember their birth date as if it were my own. For 21 years we shared the same bedroom. People know us but are often not aware we are related. We don’t look alike, and we have few common interests. And, though...