Crowds visiting the on board book exhibition on MV Logos in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - Jan 1987 In early 1987 Elisabeth and I were living on board the MV Logos. For both of us it had been our home previously before we got married. This latest period we had spent nearly 2 years travelling …
Category: faith
The Metaphorical Trail Runner
'Leaps and Bounds' by Elisabeth Grant** Long distance trail running has informed other areas of my life. It doesn't apply just to running. The same can be said of many areas of human endeavour. They can teach us wider lessons than the activity itself. Over the past 15 - 20 years I have read books …
Touches of Lightness
I find the pithy sayings of G K Chesterton striking. His book ‘Orthodoxy’ is a defence of Christianity and his journey of faith. It is right up to date in addressing the problems of our age. This despite being written over 100 years ago. “The main point of Christianity was this: that Nature is not …
Poignant, Hopeful, Maybe Even Joyful
Hibiscus, national flower of Haiti. In February 1986 Jean Claude ‘Baby Doc’ Duvalier was deposed as President of Haiti and went to live in exile in France. Ordinary people were no doubt hoping that the near 30 year brutal rule of his and ‘Papa Doc’ (his father) would come to an end. However the general …
A Thread Runs Through It
From 1990-92 my wife Elisabeth and I lived in Sweden. We moved from the UK and ‘the idea’ was to be settled for a while in my wife’s homeland. By living in the country I would hopefully improve on my Swedish and get to know her family and background. With over 30 years of hindsight …
Allan Grant 