BIBLE
The Disarming Compassion of God
Earlier this month, I had the honour of giving the Bible Readings at Week 3 of the Keswick Convention. In part because my day job
31st August 2021
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Judaism
21st Century
Q Marks the Spot 152 (June 2021 Treasure Map)
Sacred Treasure There’s just so much going on these days, so much that is discombobulating, disturbing, and downright dysfunctional. Trying to get one’s head around
1st June 2021
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20th Century
Echoes from Eternity 16: John Stott’s Cross of Christ
It is Good Friday so the subject matter for the day’s reading presented itself easily enough. Choosing what to read, however, was a very different
10th April 2020
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19th Century
Anti-Semitism in the UK: 5. Lord Sacks, Purim, and Anti-Zionism
It seems strange to continue this series while the coronavirus is uppermost in our minds, but with the growing need for self-isolation, it is perhaps
15th March 2020
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20th Century
Anti-Semitism in the UK: 4. Stoppard views the century from Leopoldstadt
Tom Stoppard is one of the greatest living playwrights. End of. His output has been remarkable so I’ve always been excited when news of new
26th February 2020
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20th Century
Anti-Semitism in the UK: 3. Figleaves, Snowflakes and Statistics
Previous posts Anti-Semitism in the UK: 1. 75 years after Auschwitz… Anti-Semitism in the UK: 2. The challenge of definitions Now I’m super-conscious that the
17th February 2020
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20th Century
Anti-Semitism in the UK: 2. The challenge of definition
Click here for Anti-Semitism in the UK: 1. 75 years after Auschwitz… Now I’m horribly aware of the hot water I’m tiptoeing into. So let
13th February 2020
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20th Century
Anti-Semitism in the UK: 1. 75 years after Auschwitz…
I started working on this short series of posts while sitting in Frankfurt airport, en route to Ukraine. Just in front of me is a
11th February 2020
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21st Century
Faith under fire in Bethlehem: Mitri Raheb’s FAITH IN THE FACE OF EMPIRE
At last year’s launch of veteran travel writer Dervla Murphy’s remarkable book, A Month by the Sea – Encounters in Gaza, she made a simple
30th September 2014
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ARTS
On Human Transience and Mortality: Clive James’ JAPANESE MAPLE
Have been playing catch up with a few New Yorker back issues in the last couple of days – like buses, you get none, and
25th September 2014
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21st Century
Wartorn faith: a conversation from the Aleppo front line (1)
This is the first of what I hope will be a regular posting. Yesterday, I was able to chat on the phone with a pastor
18th January 2014
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atheism
Life in Death Valley without the Shepherd
A small group of us is currently reading through Paul E Miller’s The Praying Life this year, just taking a chapter or so a week.
14th October 2013
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