thinking honestly about life and faith
I am convinced that we who might describe ourselves as ‘the Christian Left’ need to shift our focus to a more radical engagement. We can’t trust governments to act justly. It is a delusion to think that any government, Labor … Read More »
In recent weeks I have been reading Roger Lipsey’s big and challenging biography of Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations. Hammarskjöld’s personal journal, Markings, has become something of a spiritual classic, since its publication soon after his … Read More »
I was sitting in the Dentist’s waiting room today when I saw this delightful board, containing some wonderful ideas, worthy of serious consideration: Live like heaven is on earth; Love like you have never been hurt; Laugh like not one … Read More »
I read on someone else’s blog a quotation that is just so true: it really cuts to the reality of things. Here it is: “You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out … 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 »
Is it possible, really, not to worry? Australian people often say ‘No worries’. I have noticed that this is one of the expressions that people from other cultures pick up, really quickly, as they live here. ‘No worries’.
In spiritual life we have a basic choice: between duty or joy.
I’ve just read Anna Funder’s superb novel All That I Am, a brilliant exploration of identity through time and relationship.
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:
There are some things that really are black or white, and not shades of grey. This is one of the messages of a superb novel by Rosamund Lupton, Afterwards. It’s just her second novel, after her very different but equally … Read More »