“Herod feared John and protected him, knowing him to be a righteous and holy man.” – Mark 6:20 Do you ever have days when nothing goes the way you want it to? Perhaps, before you have your first cup of coffee, something upsets the apple cart and, from that moment onwards, everything goes awry. One Sunday I recently made it to church in time and sat quietly meditating. l had chosen a spot far enough away from anyone with small

Two close friends of mine, Lina and Elias, are pastors in an evangelical church. Our families have been blessed to know each other for almost fifty years. Part of their ministry has taken them, and their family, to Uganda and India. There, they worked with the poorest and marginalized as missionaries. They wrote letters throughout this period to my family. We kept them in our thoughts and prayers and encouraged them by sending care packages of supplies not found where