I’ve always loved how the Christ child in the nativity scene is usually depicted with his arms outstretched, as if reaching out to the world. The birth of Jesus, God […]

The Russian writer Leo Tolstoy has a beautiful story about a cobbler – shoe maker – Martin, who lived in Tolstoy’s own native village.  In this story, Tolstoy develops the […]

On a crisp clear morning over 100 years ago, in 1914,  thousands of British, Belgian and French soldiers, put down their rifles, stepped out of their trenches, and spent Chrismtas […]

Celebrating Christmas after listening to the new restrictions announced by our government yesterday, seems like a contradiction in terms. I Think it is fair to say that many of us […]

There is an old Irish legend, about a King and a Queen who went to war with each other.  The Queen was Queen Maeve of Connacht, and the King was: King […]

There is an old Irish legend that goes back to the time when kings ruled Ireland. It seems that the reigning king had no children to succeed him on the […]

In a little town near Medea in Algeria there was a group of French Trapist monks, who lived at the monastery of Notre Dame. They prayed and they worked and […]

On one occasion I was driving in Northern Spain, from Oviedo to Leon over the Pyrenees when I was caught in a dense fog, and I could only see a […]

Shakespeare tells a very sad story  about a man called Macbeth. He was a Lord in Scotland,  a good man, a good soldier, respected and admired by many.  He is […]

The Greeks had a very nice way of teaching a lesson. They would often tell a story. One of these stories is about a king called Midas. The gods told […]