I remember so well praying for a baby called Craig. I had been asked to visit a woman in the Brompton Hospital. Vivienne had three children and was pregnant with a fourth. Her third child, who was eighteen months old.
Pippa and I met Ah Yin when we visited Jackie Pullinger in Hong Kong. He had become a drug addict as a teenager. His father was an addict. He was brought up in the notorious Walled City. He joined a gang at the age of eleven. They ate, stole, fought and took heroin together. At […]
A moving response to the song Gratitude/Worthy of it All /You’re Worthy of My Praise (feat. Brandon Lake & Natalie Grant) from the album A Very Maverick Christmas ~ I love this song so much. I have been so broken my whole life. Grew up poor, in homeless shelters, unstable family, street violence, drugs, and […]
Mark Heather’s parents split up when he was a child and he was brought up by his alcoholic mother who beat him. When he was fourteen years old, he stood up to her and said he would not accept the beatings any more. The next day she committed suicide. From that moment, he was placed […]