Instant Apostle

We can all hear words spoken, but how many of us can hear the heart? 'Listening' celebrates the transformative power of listening at depth to another.

Mentoring... it's discipleship with a kick! As a mentor with more than 20 years' experience, Paul Wilcox is well placed to explore the construction process that is involved in making disciples, and also the personal journey of the mentor.

When the caretaker of St Peters finds that the Church has been broken into early on the Sunday morning after Christmas and that the elderly intruder is still in the building and kneeling at the communion rail, no one is quite sure what to do.

On 12th December 1999, middle-aged social worker Diane Bell was stunned by a dream from God that would transform countless lives. Called to offer family-based care to street kids in Nepal, cancer, devastating earthquakes and lurid child trafficking allegations were among challenges to be overcome in making this life-giving vision a reality.

Meet Matthew Gold: wealthy, successful and secure – but totally alone. Afflicted from childhood by a crippling stammer, words have been his greatest problem. But, as his talent as a writer of detective fiction emerges, words become his greatest passion. He might struggle to speak, but on the pages of his novels his slick-talking private eye knows all the answers and can always find the words to illuminate every mystery.

When Robin Thomson and his wife Shoko were told she had Alzheimer’s, they had no idea what lay ahead. As the disease gradually took over their lives, Robin watched as his adventurous and independent wife slowly seemed to disappear. He and their adult children faced painful and real struggles, and experienced both frustration and great support from the health and social care systems. Yet Shoko’s l