We have just run an All Age Family Camp for our Ukrainian friends who are in the Royal Hotel in Bray, Co Wicklow. Then yesterday we concluded with a Prayer Service, for which the Ukrainians crafted a prayer for Ukraine. But there wasn't a dry eye in the house, as we...
I was astounded by the reception I received on placing inspirational books into the Northern Ireland Prison Service [NIPS] yesterday. Prison Governors are really busy people. I hoped for just a quick photo of the handovers, but the warm welcomes delighted me. I...
I'm grateful to God, and to so many friends who collaborated with me to do the impossible. Seven weeks ago today I shared the vaguest idea for a book with Pastor Kyle Holland of Cornerstone Church. Today I have copies of that book in my hand. In partnership with the...
I got such a shock, but a very nice one. It felt so good to have my peers acknowledge the work that I've been doing placing Inspirational Books into the Irish Prison Service. They understand the effort that this involves. This video shows part of the citation. The...
Don't you love watching God at work? When I first engaged with Speaking Volumes to put Christian books into Irish prisons, I never imagined where it would lead. But God's favour is amazing. As a result, yesterday I delivered a van load of inspirational resources to...
Yes, I've just done a Bookstall, but no, not in contravention of covid-19 restrictions! I provided a Virtual Bookstall at a Virtual Event; and I've more Virtual Events planned. Are Virtual Events with Virtual Bookstalls going to become the norm? I don't suppose...
You will only waste your time and theirs if you approach a fiction publisher with your book about Ephesians, unless perhaps it's a historical fiction set in Ephesus! So your first step is to ascertain which publishers might be interested. Start with your own...
We laugh at the old story of the foreign driver who asks for directions and encounters that response from the local farmer. But when someone asks me how to get their book published, in all seriousness it's how I feel like responding. Frequently, they've poured their...
I'm often asked which Bible I would recommend to someone. I love that question, because the most important Christian book they will ever read is God's Word. Sometimes their existing Bible is falling to pieces, and it has reached a point where they need to replace...
When I took a bookstall to a Christian summer conference in 2019, the speaker prophesied that I’d be involved in prison chaplaincy. While his words didn’t resonate with me, I didn’t dare write them off completely. I remembered them when I read news from Speaking...