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For most of us parking at the supermarket is a means to an end. We need to get our food shop home and putting it in the car is the easiest way to do it. But for one man, Gareth Wild, the parking became almost an end it itself. To liven up his shopping trips […] The post Parking spaces appeared first on Turn the Page.

Graffiti artist JonOne was upset to discover that his work of art had been vandalised. Painted before a live audience in Seoul in 2016 the piece covers a large wall with a vibrant and striking pattern of colours. Integral to the artwork were the paints and brushes JonOne had used which were left lying on […] The post Trashing artwork appeared first on Turn the Page.

It has often been observed that football is like a religion. Fans follow clubs with adoration verging on worship and make great sacrifices of time and money to do so. So, no surprise then that the shock announcement of a new European Super League produced such a frenzied and furious response. People who interfere with […] The post It’s more than a game appeared first on Turn the Page.

With head bowed and heart broken the Queen cut a lonely figure at the funeral of her beloved husband, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. On a similar occasion the Bible tells us that Jesus was ‘deeply moved in spirit and troubled’ at the grief of a woman mourning the loss of her brother. As he shared […] The post Jesus wept appeared first on Turn the Page.

In his latest documentary David Attenborough gives a sobering assessment of our impact on the natural world. Human beings, he says, are ‘intruders’ and that the natural world would do much better if we weren’t here at all. Sadly, it’s not a new observation. In 2003 Bill Bryson wrote in his book ‘A Short History […] The post Are we ‘intruders’? appeared first on Turn the Page.

Following the death of His Royal Highness, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, the UK and the nations of the Commonwealth are in a period of mourning. The focus for this sense of grief is of course the Queen herself who has lost the love of her life after 73 years of marriage. It is certain that […] The post The Hope of the Resurrection appeared first on Turn the Page.

Sitting in the comfort of my home while I fill out the 2011 census, I’m feeling very grateful not to have lived two thousand years ago and conscious that the record of my details will have a less dramatic effect on world history than another entry made then. Luke’s Gospel tells us that when Mary […] The post Census 0000 appeared first on Turn the Page.

The UK has recently passed the grim milestone of 125,000 deaths from Covid19. Every life lost was sacred and precious and each passing has been mourned. But during the same period approximately twice that number of babies have been lost through abortion. Every one of those lives was sacred and precious and known to God. […] The post Wonderfully made appeared first on Turn the Page.

On 13th October 2020 Dr Fabio Grandas was flying from St Marta to Guaymaral airport in Colombia. On board the light aircraft were his wife Mayerly, their baby Martin and his nanny. Tragically the aircraft plunged out of the sky and into the ground. Rescue workers were quickly on the scene and to their dismay found […] The post A Mother’s Love appeared first on Turn the Page.

This week nineteen-year-old ‘Angel’ was shot dead on the streets of Mandalay. She had been protesting against the military coup that has once again plunged the nation of Myanmar into crisis. The T-shirt she had chosen to wear that day boldly declared ‘Everything will be OK’. Tragically for her everything was not OK. But her […] The post Everything will be OK appeared first on Turn the Page.

First there was Mr Potato Head. Then Mrs Potato Head. And now gender-neutral Potato Head! It’s a sure sign that we no longer think of our identity as something that we are born with. Rather we see ourselves as a blank canvas upon which we can create whoever we feel ourselves to be. But perhaps […] The post Potato Head appeared first on Turn the Page.

The story is told of a father who gave his daughter an old car as a graduation present. Before handing over the keys for good he instructed her to have it valued at a used car dealership, a pawn shop and a classic car club. The used car dealership offered her £1,000 because it looked […] The post Your true value appeared first on Turn the Page.

In an iconic scene from the film, Crocodile Dundee is walking through New York city with his girlfriend. Suddenly a mugger steps out with a knife demanding his wallet. Dundee looks at the knife and says, ‘that’s not a knife.’ Then he pulls out an enormous Bowie knife and says, ‘that’s a knife!’ The mugger […] The post Foolish Comparison appeared first on Turn the Page.

Here’s a thought for those of you who celebrated Valentine’s Day with a loved one – do the cards and gifts you received prove that you are loved? The short answer is no they don’t, because love is impossible to prove. All the cards, flowers and chocolates in the world can only ever provide you […] The post The evidence for love appeared first on Turn the Page.

A survey of 18 – 24-year olds revealed that a quarter thought marriage should be a temporary arrangement much like a mobile phone contract. It shows that like so many ‘traditional values’ the idea of lifelong commitment is increasingly seen as unrealistic. Our consumer culture which encourages us to regularly upgrade to the latest model […] The post Our longing for love appeared first on Turn the Page.

Captivated by the personality of a lady he knew only from the comments she had written in the margin of a book, John Blanchard tracked her down and asked to meet. But before they could do so he was sent off to war. For twelve months they wrote to each other, but she refused to […] The post First dates appeared first on Turn the Page.

In the 1940s a professor of theology took his students on a tour of English sites of theological significance. Included on the tour was the home of John Wesley the founder of Methodism and a pivotal figure in the 18thcentury revival that swept through England and North America. At the end of the tour the […] The post Do it again! appeared first on Turn the Page.

For decades the border between the Republic of Ireland and the North was the focus for a bitterly divided community. All that came to end with the signing of the Good Friday Agreement. Checkpoints came down and the bitter divisions started to heal. Preventing a return to a hard border, therefore, was a key issue […] The post Tariff free access appeared first on Turn the Page.

Some years ago a famous Christian speaker was invited to preach at a Baptist Church in northern China. For seventy years the church had endured unrelenting discrimination and persecution. They had been forbidden to have regular jobs, their schools and universities taught militant atheism, and they were constantly attacked for their faith. But despite all […] The post Words that last appeared first on Turn the Page.

This week a lost sheep walked down the lane past my house. I knew it was lost because it was on its own and I knew that wasn’t right – sheep are generally supposed to be with others in a field eating grass. Also, not long after the sheep went past someone came running after […] The post The lost sheep appeared first on Turn the Page.