Some years ago, a close friend of mine was the Assistant Minister of a large Baptist Church in the UK. Although he initially thought it both a privilege and an honour to be called to serve God in such a church, he soon found it to be a very frustrating experience. The Senior Minister – […]

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94), the author of classic books like Treasure Island, Kidnapped, and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, spent his childhood in Edinburgh, Scotland. Apparently, one evening, when he was a young child, as dusk was turning to darkness, Robert had his face pinned to the window at the front […]