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The mainstream media likes nothing more than to trumpet a story about the continuing decline of the church in Great Britain. To read such reports you would assume that a once proud, albeit deluded, Christian nation had gradually come to its senses and thrown off the shackles of a childish religion. But it’s not quite […] The post Terminal Decline? appeared first on Turn the Page.

In a letter written to the church at Thessalonica St Paul wrote these words, ‘Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.’ The truth of these words has been heartbreakingly illustrated in the […] The post Hopeful grief appeared first on Turn the Page.

As usual the diplomatic language of the Palace was muted. The Queen was ‘hurt’ and ‘disappointed’ at the announcement from Prince Harry and Megan that they were stepping back as senior members of the royal family. As negotiations continue it’s clear that it’s not as easy as you might suppose to step back from an […] The post A Right Royal Dilemma appeared first on Turn the Page.

Henry Morrison and his wife were thrilled to see huge crowds and a band playing on the New York Harbour quayside. After 40 years of service on the mission field of Africa Henry turned to his wife and said, ‘They haven’t forgotten us.’ But the crowds weren’t there for Henry. President Roosevelt was on the […] The post Welcome home! appeared first on Turn the Page.

To lose a child is every parent’s worse nightmare. Such was the experience of Nadim Ednan-Laperouse in 2016. He was flying to Nice on holiday with his daughter Natasha when she developed a severe allergic reaction. Despite the best efforts of those on board she died in his arms. It is the kind of experience […] The post From the realms of glory appeared first on Turn the Page.

Well I’m sorry to spoil all those lovely nativity plays but it turns out much of the story we tell is based on fake news. It’s more than likely that Jesus wasn’t born in a stable and there was no inn and no innkeeper telling Mary and Joseph ‘no room!’ A traditional middle eastern house […] The post Fake News! appeared first on Turn the Page.

My sister-in-law, a professional musician, was married three days after Christmas. The Church was still beautifully decorated including a crib scene with real straw and knitted figures. But shortly before the service was about to begin sad news arrived. Due to the cancellation of his flight the friend who would play violin during the signing […] The post Jesus – the perfect fit appeared first on Turn the Page.

Speaking with remarkable foresight the President of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraphy Company, Mark Sullivan, gave this prophecy in 1953: ‘In its final development, the telephone will be carried about by the individual, perhaps as we carry a watch today. It probably will require no dial or equivalent, and I think the users will be […] The post When predictions come true appeared first on Turn the Page.

Many years ago, my brother and sister were at Victoria station in London waiting for a train to Brighton. They sat on a bench watching the train on the platform for some minutes. As it began to pull out my sister turned to my brother and said, ‘I think we could have got that train.’ […] The post Don’t get left behind appeared first on Turn the Page.

It’s thirty years since British engineer and scientist Tim Berners-Lee created the world wide web. Marking the anniversary, he’s called for a mid-course correction. In a telling indictment of human nature, he said that the web was now so full of disinformation and harmful content, that it was plunging ‘towards things which could be really […] The post Mid-course correction appeared first on Turn the Page.

In May 2019 four drunk schoolboys went on a rampage and destroyed the life’s work of the Market Deeping Model Railway Club. In just a few minutes the £30,000 display was ruined leaving the club’s members heartbroken. It looked as if their years of hard work had been lost forever. But six months on and […] The post Love that won’t let go appeared first on Turn the Page.

The next time you flush your loo spare a thought for the billions around the world who have don’t have that luxury. It’s a big problem leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousands from cholera, diarrhoea and dysentery, and a big problem requires a big solution. So thank God for those like Bill Gates […] The post The problem of our waste appeared first on Turn the Page.

When I was growing up in the 1970’s there were essentially only two ways to contact someone you weren’t actually sitting next to. You could either write a letter and wait days for a reply, or call them on a landline telephone and hope that they were in (because if they weren’t there was no […] The post Making contact appeared first on Turn the Page.

The UK has just embarked on yet another general election. Once again, the airwaves are full of promises with political parties pledging to spend billions on education, healthcare, and housing. But in a world now dominated by ‘fake news’ we’re deeply cynical that once the election is over many of them will be forgotten. But […] The post Those election promises appeared first on Turn the Page.

On 6th June 1964 General Eisenhower returned to Omaha Beach in Normandy. Twenty years earlier 2,000 men had lost their lives on the same beach securing it for the Allied invasion on D-day. Eisenhower looked out at the holidaymakers swimming in the sea and enjoying the sunshine and commented, ‘It’s almost unreal to look at […] The post Remember what it was appeared first on Turn the Page.

One of the loveliest things you notice about the life of Jesus, is how often he would stop a whole crowd of people to focus on just one person. Nearly always they were people marginalised by the majority because of some illness or sin – a woman who’d run up five marriages, a selfish tax-collector, […] The post You’ll never walk alone appeared first on Turn the Page.

Aside from the fact that it’s a commercially driven enterprise earning millions of pounds for big business, it strikes me that there’s something deeper going on in our culture’s ever-expanding celebration of Hallowe’en. The Bible nails it with this verse from John’s Gospel, ‘Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into […] The post Living in the Shadows appeared first on Turn the Page.

Driving in Lahore is an experience not to be missed! The roads are crowded with cars, motorbikes, donkeys, tractors, tuk-tuks, trucks and buses, some of them roadworthy. Lines on roads and traffic lights offer suggestions about the rules of the road but the rule of thumb seems to be that if there’s a gap you […] The post Going against the flow appeared first on Turn the Page.

On 12th October 2019 yet another milestone in human achievement was passed as Eliud Kipchoge became the first person in the world to run a marathon in under two hours. Before the event Kipchoge said that if successful his achievement would rank alongside that of being the first man on the moon, and there’s no doubt […] The post Getting nowhere quite fast appeared first on Turn the Page.

As with all the best stories it’s often the very moment when all hope seems to be lost when the clouds part and the sun breaks through once more. With the Brexit deadline approaching like a runaway train, it’s just possible that a conversation between two key leaders may have changed everything.  I’m reminded of […] The post Will they or won’t they? appeared first on Turn the Page.