There are five questions in life that preoccupy all of us for most to the time. Sometimes we are turning over trivial matters and sometimes we are ruminating/obsessing/agonising over much bigger issues, either personal to us or related to society; but whatever it is we are thinking about, it is likely that our thoughts are... Continue Reading →
How am I doing? The dangers of comparison
Comparison is a dangerous business – we are rarely level-headed in our judgement when we compare ourselves with others. Either we find fault with others and serve ourselves a little slice of ‘superiority pie’ or we feel intimidated by their brilliance/effectiveness/giftedness/fruitfulness and we defeat ourselves by picking up an inner badge and wearing it all... Continue Reading →
Why You Shouldn’t Use Liturgy in Your Worship
A great reminder of why I do use liturgy. Thank you Source: Why You Shouldn't Use Liturgy in Your Worship
Short Grumpy Blog Post
Does this make anyone else cross? Or is it just me? I go to buy deodorant and can only fine stuff that last 48 hours? Now, why oh why, would I want my deodorant to last 48 hours? I wash daily, I apply deodorant daily. Am I meant to now remember whether I put deodorant... Continue Reading →
The heart remembers better than the mind
'Let your heart hold fast my words' Proverbs 4:4 I read this yesterday. I mulled it over. Why did the writer use the word 'heart'? Surely we memorise with our minds and we feel with our hearts? But the more I thought about it the more it made sense. Words that are stored in our... Continue Reading →
SILENCE ISN’T GOLDEN
SILENCE ISN'T GOLDEN.
‘I am an egg’ – reflections on being fragile
Six weeks ago I held an egg for 20 minutes. I didn’t think it would have such as profound an effect on me as it did. This activity was not quite as weird as it sounds. I was at a ‘quiet day’ and the egg holding exercise was suggested to me by my spiritual director.... Continue Reading →
Atheist Professor Becomes Christian.
Interesting reading - poetry and fencing being unlikely routes to faith. Atheist Professor Becomes Christian..
The Man Born to be King
My friend Cathy very helpfully reviews The Man born to be King by Dorothy L Sayers
Transcendent. Poignant. Stirring. Powerful. Heart-breaking and deeply moving.
I have just read Dorothy L. Sayer’s The Man Born to be King. This is a twelve-play cycle on the life of Jesus Christ, written in 1941 and broadcast on BBC radio. The plays are extra-ordinary. I feel as if I could have been there. Her characterisations are rich, rounded and also true to the Bible. She has added depth, theology, explanation and background to the gospel narratives, and included an ingenious and completely believable solution to the question about why Judas betrayed Jesus. The plays about the passion draw on the chronology of events as suggested by Frank Morrison, in ‘Who Moved the Stone’ – a classic book, and one that means a lot to me. It was the book that first convinced me that the resurrection did truly happen.
The book includes notes on each of the twelve plays. I…
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