21st Century
Q Marks the Spot 181 (November 2023 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure Glen Scrivener on No to Trans, Yes to Gay Marriage: New Normal? This has done the rounds since Brad East wrote it in
1st November 2023
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war
My Ko-fi button
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20th Century
Q Marks the Spot 178 (August 2023 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure Gray Sutanto is an Indonesian theologian now working in USA: has fascinating insights into Christianity & Western culture (HT Chris Howles) On saying
1st August 2023
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20th Century
Q Marks the Spot 174 (April 2023 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure My boss, Paul, has done a superb job joining various dots between the Empire podcast, the Kohinoor diamond, and an Egyptian Christian seminary.
1st April 2023
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20th Century
Q Marks the Spot 173 (March 2023 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure Malcolm Guite’s sonnet to honour the great George Herbert Rick Barry at Christian Civics in the US has recently put out a video
1st March 2023
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21st Century
Ukraine: One Year On and Praying
Today is the exact anniversary of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine, the day when the horrors of war returned to the continent of Europe. A
24th February 2023
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21st Century
Q Marks the Spot 163 (May 2022)
Sacred Treasure When Christianity and Nationalism mix… no I’m not talking about Trump… but Patriarch Kiril – this is terrifying. The wake-up calls that helped
1st May 2022
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21st Century
Q Marks the Spot 162 (April 2022 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure Trying to understand Putin’s religious faith – Theos’ Ben Ryan gives a helpful intro And then Cranmer on praying for Putin’s Downfall When New
1st April 2022
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christian social action
2022 Ukraine Crisis: links in the chain
Each time an international crisis comes, we feel helpless. Unstoppable forces at work, trampling and grinding heartlessly on. There’s nothing we can do that will
8th March 2022
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injustice
Q Marks the Spot 161 (March 2022)
It’s a bit late this month – been a crazy few weeks. Just back from Hungary – and constant contact with precious Ukrainian friends trying
5th March 2022
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21st Century
Q Marks the Spot 155 (September 2021 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure Where is good and evil in Afghanistan by Tom Bowring (c/o Psephizo) For important historical background, one can’t do much better than William
3rd September 2021
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20th Century
Echoes from Eternity: 37. T.S.Eliot’s Little Gidding
So I realise this the second time this year I’ve homed in on this poem, but I come back to it again and again. Which
19th July 2020
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20th Century
Echoes from Eternity: 36. Beyond English sound-worlds
Lockdown, at last, is easing in the UK – after over 100 days. So I’m winding up this little series of poetry readings. But if
5th July 2020
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