Deep (?but not stuck) in the frozen wastes of winter faith: Brueggemann on Beck on Freud & James
Q regulars will be aware that issues related to depression come up here from time to time. One or two have encouraged me to be a bit more open about such things and to pick up a few things that others might find helpful, or at least a resonance. So here are a couple of extended quotations from […]
Selfies and Silhouettes: at Düden Falls in Antalya
Part of the tour package on Wednesday was a visit to Düden Falls, which I’d heard were pretty spectacular – and as it was more or less on the way back from Termessos (see yesterday’s post), I was fine with that. Have to say that I was decidedly underwhelmed on arrival – as it’s situated […]
Abandoned and Unexcavated: the charms of Termessos
Amidst a fairly busy schedule in Turkey this week, managed to occupy a day off with a trip into the mountains above Antalya to the abandoned city of Termessos. It’s power and wealth derived from controlling the only local pass through the mountains – but its construction, so high and so elaborate (temples, theatre, agora, civic buildings, many […]
Q marks the spot – Treasure Map 74 (November 2014)
Sacred Treasure Emma Scrivener on form yet again her: lovely piece on the Both/Ands of the Christian life. She’s also got a great A-Z of Christianity – check it out! Nell Goddard writes beautifully and poignantly on When Christians cause the suffering The importance of plural leadership – yet another interesting thought from Chris Green
