Welcome
Thank you for visiting my website. I hope you'll have time to explore the different pages and find something to interest, amuse, encourage - and even inspire you. My goal is to communicate effectively - primarily as a writer, but also as a speaker and photographer.
On this page you'll find a Thought For The Month; elsewhere there is a gallery of photographs, some poems as well as details of my books. All this provides an opportunity for me to share with you something of what makes me tick and shapes my world view.
I'd be pleased to hear from you. Please email me if you'd like to get in touch.
Three new poems are on the Poetry Page.
A new set of my pictures, entitled, "The Power and the Glory" is now in the Photo Gallery. Take a look at some stunning sunrises, sunsets and sky images!
May Matters
MAY DAY AND MAYDAY
"Winter’s gone, seeding the land is complete, so let's relax and celebrate the start of summer!" And so the traditional May Day happened, a day of hope for a fruitful summer.
By contrast, tension and fear accompany Mayday distress calls (from m’aider in French: help me!) Whether using high frequency radio or SOS with Morse Code, the message, in effect, is: Save our Souls! Ships and coastal stations - in the midst of routine messages, ensured that every half hour the lines were quiet to listen for urgent signals. In the clamour of today’s culture, we can miss the 'distress' signals of individuals. Do we hear, and then respond appropriately?
John Harper was on RMS Titanic one hundred years ago. He put his young daughter into a lifeboat then went to help others. He swam to a young man on a piece of debris. “Are you saved?” he asked. “No!” Harper took off his life jacket and gave it to the young man, telling him about God’s great rescue plan through Jesus. The young man was later one of just six people plucked alive from the water by a lifeboat. Later, he told how Harper had led him to faith in Christ. Harper himself drowned, giving his life - like his Saviour - for others, but assured in the hope of eternal life. Harper and the young man both received new life. Mayday became May Day.
