In a rural community, the village church is a real focus for Christmas celebration and whatever it is about the church that draws people in at this time, we should embrace it and go along with it. It is not for us to judge. We rejoice together, are heartily glad to see anyone and everyone. […]

Daughter No.2 returned for Christmas from Vietnam, where she is Country Director for MAG (Mines Advisory Group), a humanitarian mine action NGO which not only clears land mines but also trains and employs the local population to  do so themselves. She travels all over Vietnam overseeing their many projects and, when she has time, she tries […]