
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
Have been playing catch up with a few New Yorker back issues in the last couple of days – like buses, you get none, and
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
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.