art & painting
Chiharu Shiota’s The Distance and the consequences of connection
A few hours to myself in Gothenburg, in the land of my fathers (or at least some of them), and a wander over to the
25th May 2018
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relationships
CHRISTIAN LIFE
Today’s The Day! When Darkness Seems My Closest Friend is OUT!!
It’s been quite the process! One draft was almost complete a year ago, but since then the book has undergone various revisions and tweaks –
17th May 2018
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21st Century
Two Appearances on Cooper and Cary have words
A couple of weeks ago, James Cary invited himself for lunch – and then we hooked up online with our old friend Barry Cooper (now
27th March 2018
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21st Century
Q Marks The Spot – Treasure Map 114 (February 2018)
Sacred Treasure David Robertson is often uncomfortably provocative – but he’s probably on the money here: 10 ‘prophecies’ for the church in 2018 An inspiring
1st February 2018
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CHRISTIAN LIFE
Power 3: When the abuse miasma gets ‘all spiritual’
I made the point last month (yikes – I have had a LOT on recently) that we are integrated beings and so inevitably, it is
28th January 2018
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art & painting
Q Combinations 18: Shishkin’s Wild North and Rossetti’s Christmas Eve
Happy Christmas one and all! This Christmas Combo is only 2 days late, but the meanings and wonder it points us to are by no
26th December 2017
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BOOKS/WRITING
Power 2: The miasma of power abuse
To assume that what is going on with Trump, Weinstein, Spacey et al is ‘merely’ about transgressing sexual boundaries is woefully inadequate and patronising. Is
9th December 2017
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21st Century
Power 1: Power. Abuse. Men. Get real
I’ve felt overwhelmed in recent weeks. I’ve started posting about it on at least 5 occasions and then each time deleted my meagre thoughts. There
30th November 2017
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ARTS
Time in the company of an artful hymn writer
A few hours in Timothy Dudley-Smith’s company, through the medium of his recent A Functional Art: Reflections of a Hymn Writer, is extremely well spent. Now
20th November 2017
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AMERICAS
Q Marks The Spot – Treasure Map 111 (November 2017)
Sacred Treasure A lovely tribute to my late friend Tom Chapman, a Norwich pastor who died after a 10-year battle with a brain tumour Phil
1st November 2017
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BIBLE
Breath and Bone: A festschrift for Chris Wright’s 70th
STOP PRESS: It is now available here from Langham Literature, and will be on all usual distributors soon. It came as a complete surprise to
25th October 2017
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21st Century
Q Marks The Spot – Treasure Map 110 (October 2017)
Sacred Treasure Good stuff: 7 Differences between Judaea and Galilee – Jesus was Jesus of Nazareth… from Dick France. Chris Green offers a rather unexpected
1st October 2017
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