| 'We plough the fields and scatter' |
A harvest hymn that could be Angus Buchan’s theme tune.
Farmer Angus Buchan loves a good harvest. In his life Angus has seen God produce both a bountiful harvest of crops and a spiritual harvest of new Christians.
Zambian Angus Buchan has been at the forefront of a campaign to help UK farmers recover from the twin disasters of foot and mouth and BSE. Christians from across the country set up groups to offer physical, emotional and spiritual help (www.healingtheland.org.uk). Angus ha...
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| Gangster finds new meaning to life |
When Keith ‘Skipper’ Wint’s ambition changed from joining the army – because he ‘loved guns’ – to becoming a  gangster, alarm bells rang!
Keith was brought up in Leicester. His Christian mum forced him to church as a child but he soon found ways of hanging out with his mates instead.
Serious trouble
It wasn’t long before Keith was getting into serious trouble. Influenced by the Rasta culture, he grew locks and smoked cannabis. Crime financ...
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| The challenge of the empty nest |
 Next year, there’s a likelihood that my eldest son will leave home to go to university. And I know that, if the time comes, I’ll have to get used to him not being around so much.
After many years of investing in bringing up children, the ‘empty nest’ is often a challenging time for couples, who need to adjust their step and find new ways to reconnect.
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| Autumn Leaves |
Kicking through the leaves
As a little child I loved to walk through the fallen autumn leaves, kicking them as I went. My mother did the same when no-one was looking! I think of her whenever I see fallen autumn leaves. I recall an old song beginning ‘When autumn leaves begin to fall.’ Its haunting melody and words focused on painful memories of a lost romance. ‘My September love’ did the same! How nostalgic!
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| The joy of going back to school |
 I remember early September school days so vividly. The delight of putting shiny pens into a pristine new bag. The sigh of resignation as the freedom of summer slipped away. The fear in the pit of my stomach as I walked into a vast school building for the first time. The joy of seeing familiar faces, stepping back into friendships that were as comfortable as old shoes.
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| Faith lift |
With JJohn
A comedian was once asked what he would like people to say about him in 100 years’ time and he replied, ‘I’d like them to say, “He looks pretty good for his age.”’
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| Johnny be good |
 Now free from drugs, a Christian and with a life that’s being re-built.
Johnny Kinch couldn’t say no to drink, drugs and gambling. Prison and homelessness were the result. But this ‘good’ conman changed when he encountered Jesus.
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| Raising issues - find answers |
 ‘Is there more to life?’ ask Peter Meadows and Joseph Steinberg. ‘Please suspend your honest disbelief for a while and let’s go find out.’
This is how your journey of discovery could begin. Peter and Joseph, authors of The Y Course and The Book of Y, are here to help you navigate your route by raising issues and giving you space to consider your response. The destination may change your life forever.
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| Family debt crisis prompts suicide attempt |
 Lyndsay felt so trapped by financial worries that she tried to take her own life. A wife and mother of two small children, she saw no other way out of her problems. But thanks to the support of the charity Christians Against Poverty, Lyndsay’s family are now on their way to being debt free and with a new purpose to their lives.
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| Outbreak 1939 |
At 11.15am on the 3rd September 1939, the British public heard Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain announce that  Britain and France were at war with Germany.
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| Country lane encounter |
‘“I wish I had never been born!” – Words you may expect from a hormonal teenager, but this was me, aged seven. I  already knew I was different; father’s rejection, mother unable to verbalize love, despised by step siblings, physical and emotional abuse.
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| Captain of the team |
 The Deaflympics have been on the calendar since 1924, the year Eric Liddell won his medal. There is also a Deaflymplic Winter Games in Taiwan this month (5-15 September) over 3000 deaf athletes and officials from 75 nations will be involved. Unlike other games for athletes with disabilities – such as the Paralympics and the Special Olympics, which are all directed by non-disabled officials, the Deaflympics are run by deaf people for deaf athletes.
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