James Ashford

“I lift up my eyes to the mountains— where does my help come from?

This week, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer announced a new ban on social media for under-16s, with additional restrictions applied to those under-18s, in an attempt to model closely what has been done in Australia.

Once again I'm taking a break from the business of the world and work life to pause and rejoice: I have become a father again.

A few weeks ago, I stumbled across a YouTube video by Professor Anu Ojha and The Royal Institution showing the true scale of the distance between the Earth and moon.

I’ve spent a lot of time on LinkedIn recently for various reasons.

As 2025 comes to an end, I thought I would take the opportunity to reflect on the books I most enjoyed reading this year and those I would recommend to others.

The other day, when I was doing the laundry, my two-year-old son came in and wanted to play.

You know when you get your iPhone passcode wrong after several attempts and it locks you out for 10 minutes?

In a previous blog post, we looked at how Psalm 22 and Matthew 27 show us that God is not distant in our suffering.

Check out the introduction to this below: Introduction: Understanding Suffering Through a Christian Lens Suffering is a profound and universal experience, often raising the question: “Why would a good God allow it?”

I’m not one for making blog posts like this, but this year is a big year for me.

The following is part of a modified version of a sermon I preached a few weeks ago looking at how Christ transforms our view on suffering in the context of Psalm 22 and Matthew 27.

Over the past few years, I have been on an ongoing quest to find a better social media experience.

A few weeks ago now, came across an interesting article (via Hacker News) called The Friendship Recession: The Lost Art of Connecting from the Harvard Kennedy School, Center for Public Leadership.

I am a massive fan of the kids’ TV show Bluey, and I love watching it with my son.