Having a miscarriage was a new experience, and one I could have done without. The doctor had been kind but brisk. That was that – try again, was the gist of what he’d said. At 37? Funny that – we’d had to change to want a baby, now we had to change not to.

They say we all have a duty to forgive our parents; no parent has ever been perfect!

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.