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Having recently read, and greatly enjoyed, Faith Cook’s excellent biography of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, I was inspired to read her account of the life of one of the great lady’s contemporaries, William Grimshaw; but reading this biography elicited from me a shameful confession! Despite having lived and done my secondary schooling just 15 miles…
I have long been aware of both Selina, Countess of Huntingdon and Faith Cook, her biographer, but never read anything substantial about the former or anything by the latter. Now I have remedied that and am enormously thankful I have. It is a long time since I have been so drawn into the life of…
Disturb us, Lord, whenWe are too pleased with ourselves,When our dreams have come trueBecause we dreamed too little,When we arrived safelyBecause we sailed too close to the shore. Disturb us, Lord, whenwith the abundance of things we possessWe have lost our thirstFor the waters of life;Having fallen in love with life,We have ceased to dream…
When I recently discovered that a book tracing the history and influence of the Bible Training Institute in Glasgow had been published, I was delighted and quickly bought a copy for myself. I had the immense privilege of studying at the BTI between 1978 and 1981 and cannot tell you what a blessing it was.…