I was 75 before I finally forgave my absent father. I don’t recommend leaving it that long. The resentment builds up and takes its toll. But I didn’t realise that until I was 45, on a social work course. At coffee one morning a younger chap casually remarked, “You’ve got a lot of anger in you.” “What me?” I exclaimed, “mild-mannered me?” I couldn’t believe it.

Sander discovered he needed a power greater than himself to overcome an addiction to sex.

Sandra Cathern from Worthing tells how she made amends for money she had stolen

Agriculturalist Paul Craig and his wife Marguerite returned to Britain in July after spending four years in the Solomon Islands. Marguerite spoke at a conference in Melbourne, Australia, earlier this year. Here are extracts and a postscript from Paul:

The Falklands War, 25 years ago, faced Major Chris Keeble with the sternest test of his military career. It led to a turning point in the war, and an unexpected outcome. Michael Smith recalls his story.

I was rescued from going down a path where I would have hurt others (and myself) in an attempt to get even with the world.

From Hyde to Jekyll: 'I thought life was great, that the world was my oyster and that it would go on for ever. But there was a problem.'

Fabiola, a graduate in International Marketing, from the University of Monterrey, Mexico, came to the UK in 2002 to work as an ‘intern’ with For A Change magazine.

Hugh Nowell has made a vocation of rising to the unexpected.

'Because of the state of poverty in which they live, their focus is naturally on their next meal. We have supported their thinking so that their focus can be within their future, not just within their present'.