thinking honestly about life and faith
When I was a child, this was often said to us: ‘Respect your elders’. I think it meant not to speak when they were in the room, always to defer to them, and probably not to ‘give cheek’, as I am … Read More »
We all have difficult decisions to make at times, and very often we think in terms of what we ought to do. Duty is an important consideration, but it’s not the only thing. It may not even be the best … Read More »
Recently I had the great pleasure of seeing an exhibition of paintings by the French artist Camille Pissarro (1830 – 1903), who was part of the Impressionist movement. The exhibition was part of our day at the Museo del Prado, … Read More »
In spiritual life we have a basic choice: between duty or joy.
First week of the new college year; I preached a sermon on the theme of tradition and traditioning, at our first Tuesday chapel service. Here are some parts of the sermon:
This is about dealing with the things you haven’t got done. Is there an appropriate sense of not caring, or perhaps seeing things from a ‘higher’ plane?
I’ve just finished reading Ingrid Betancourt’s fabulous account of her six years of captivity in the Colombian jungle, Even silence has an end. (Virago, 2010)
World Health Day is April 7th. The Baptist World Alliance has released this helpful and challenging paper, Committing to being centers of health. It would be good to consider what it means for local work-places, streets and communities, and for … Read More »
It’s now almost 18 months since the tsunami on Samoa which changed my life forever. In these last weeks, as an earthquake devasted Christchurch and now an even bigger earthquake and tsunami in Japan, it all keeps rushing back to … Read More »
Recently I read and greatly enjoyed Gordon MacDonald’s book Who Stole My Church? It’s a good read; very insightful and very relevant to many situations familiar to me and I think to my students.