Coming Soon: Why on earth do they think THAT?!
In a couple of months, I’ll be leading a study day here in Maidenhead on postmodernism and stuff, revamping and updating old material that led to writing A Wilderness of Mirrors. It’s been a while since I worked on it, but man (!) has there been a tonne of stuff that could easily be included. […]
Q Combinations 21: The big IF of Easter (from AE Housman & Eugène Burnand)
There is an emotional complexity to this wonderful painting by Swiss artist Eugène Burnand. I know very little about him, apart from the usual resort of Wikipedia. But he manages to capture a moment of almost frantic inquisitiveness, as Peter and his young, fellow-disciple John rush in the golden sunrise light to the burial garden. Their faces seem filled with anxiety, confusion, hope, wonder, and longing all at once. Hoping against hope, but fearing a con, or something worse? Could Mary Magdalene, first to visit the tomb, possibly have been right…?
Tripping out in Aarhus: Olafur Eliasson’s astonishing RAINBOW PANORAMA
I’ve just returned from a few days in Denmark, staying with friends while speaking at a conference for Christian students. My hosts in Aarhus really went the 2nd mile for me, making sure that I had the chance to take in everything in the area. It was fantastic. And, of course, it never rains in […]
Sofia’s Story: 4. “You think only of yourself!”
Submit! He punched her with red hot angry words, their force spitting in her face. Submit! You promised you would – so why don’t you?Submit! Why didn’t I marry a good, Christian wife? Good Christian wife…? He had sought her opinion about a decision they faced and she had offered it, unaware it was a […]
Q Marks The Spot – Treasure Map 126 (April 2019)
Sacred Treasure Forgiveness is quite mad says Derrida… what do you think? Pete Williams is Warden of Tyndale House in Cambridge and provides one of the highlights of my Twitter feed – this recent thread on the reliability of Bible books is brilliant This looks likely to be a fascinating blog series: Pete Dray of […]
