An exception to the rule
A few hundred yards from our home is a road sign telling drivers ‘no U-turns’. If someone does make a U-turn then confusion and...
Steve Richards
Nov 3, 2023
The crux of the message
It is now a month since the coronation of King Charles III but before we file the event in our memory banks marked ‘special occasions...
Steve Richards
Jun 1, 2023
Political correctness doesn't go far enough
Puffin Books has edited Roald Dahl’s children’s stories, which are to be offered as an alternative to the original versions. References...
Steve Richards
Apr 6, 2023
'Christianity' does not appear in the Bible
Did you know that the word Christianity does not appear in the Bible and Christian is there just three times? Early on, ‘Christian’ was a...
Steve Richards
Mar 3, 2023
Giving to God
With Father’s Day approaching, sons and daughters will be thinking, ‘what can I give to Dad that will show my love and give him...
Steve Richards
Jun 2, 2022
Riches for the poor and weak
Some disdain religion by saying it just gives life meaningful (albeit naïve) structure for people who are largely poor and uneducated. At...
Steve Richards
May 6, 2022
Living the good life
“He had a good life,” someone may say of the recently deceased friend or relative. However, the more pressing question is: “Did he live...
Steve Richards
Apr 1, 2022
Praying for real
Unless I’m very much mistaken, I believe that nearly every person reading this article will have prayed at one time or another. If it is...
Steve Richards
Mar 4, 2022
Ritualistic prayer or realistic prayer?
I’m going to make an assumption here and it is that a good majority of people reading this column will be able to recite the Lord’s...
Steve Richards
Feb 4, 2022
Sins both great and small
Martin Bashir has, understandably, taking a hammering in the media for his use of forged documents to get a foot in the door with Earl...
Steve Richards
Jun 3, 2021