Early on he was diagnosed with spinal meningitis, and then autism. They had to face the fact that Jeremy would never get better. They were exhausted - emotionally, physically, spiritually. They had followed every medical lead. They had done all they knew. Finally they decided to give God the opportunity to heal Jeremy and glorify himself if he chose to. Their pastor led a healing service for Jeremy. But their troubles were only to worsen.

"Before the Naturalist and the Supernaturalist can begin to discuss their difference of opinion, they must surely have an agreed definition both of Nature and of Supernature. But unfortunately it is almost impossible to get such a definition. Just because the Naturalist thinks that nothing but Nature exists, the word Nature means to him merely 'everything' or 'the whole show' or 'whatever there is'. And if that is what we mean by Nature, then of course nothing else exists.

A crisis can occur which gets us reaching out for help with a new urgency. There are new demands upon us to which we have to respond. New situations arise in which we don't have all the answers. The former responses don't satisfy and we get discouraged. We need a shot in the arm - something to get us going again in the right direction, with renewed vigor.

Not so easy to dismiss is the notion that Christ's Ascension into Heaven is akin to some form of ascending skywards, as in a hot-air-balloon. Partly responsible for this misconception has been the tendency of Christian art to portray his ascension as entrance to some celestial canopy both sumptuous and palatial. It is as though Ascension Day celebrates Christ's safe return from the harsh reality of this world back into the safe seclusion of heaven.