AFRICA
Scriptural Quirks: the colour(s) of sin?
I think it was in the very first draft of Cross-Examined, way back in around 1999, when I used an illustration for facing up to
7th April 2023
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crossing cultures
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AFRICA
Q Marks the Spot 146 (December 2020 Treasure Map)
Before getting into the general treasure, here are a couple of notices. Opportunities for purloining your own treasure as it happens. Inklings and Yarnspinners Yay!
1st December 2020
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19th Century
Hearing the Unheard: 3. Five Novels by Black Novelists
One of the many reasons for missing life in central London is Daunt Books. I’ve mentioned it a few times here, including in this post
3rd July 2020
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AFRICA
Hearing the Unheard: 1. Five Black Perspectives at TED
I’m starting a new occasional blog series with this post, which was stimulated by something I recently read in Daniel Hill’s challenging book White Awake: An
14th June 2020
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AMERICAS
Q Marks the Spot 140 (June 2020)
Sacred Treasure George Floyd left a Gospel legacy in Houston: tragedy piles on tragedy, but this is just one tiny glimmer of light. Having God
31st May 2020
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20th Century
Echoes from Eternity 11. A Bygone pre-War England
The sun came out yesterday, the sky filled with cotton wool clouds, and birds chirped merrily. An idyllic English afternoon in early Spring, in fact.
1st April 2020
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apologetics
Echoes from Eternity 10. Introducing Ezekiel Bulver by C. S. Lewis
Today’s reading is neither poetry nor fiction but is prose of a different sort. It is one of C. S. Lewis’s great essays, one which
30th March 2020
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20th Century
2019: Reading Highlights
These are in no particular order and I’ve picked them out as the ones I gave 5* to on my Goodreads page – you can
17th December 2019
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16th Century
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
29th April 2019
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AFRICA
2 vital lessons for working in a new culture
In the months before our move from the UK to East Africa, there were many things to prepare, as you might imagine. The biggest stress
20th March 2019
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20th Century
Q Combinations 16: Brassaï’s Grand Central and Emily Pfeiffer’s Blind Architect
I’m haunted by contemporary city life – the millions of parallel lives occupying the same square miles. Christopher Nevinson entitled one of his most striking
14th July 2017
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ARTS
Maintaining a mixed diet of reading
I was recently speaking at the UCCF staff conference which was a real privilege and joy – and in one of the talks, I gave
24th January 2015
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