| The primacy of spirituality | 2010/08/10 | Last night I had been listening to a news report on the politics of Rwanda |
| Language and in-groups | 2010/07/30 | Earlier this week I was scanning a series of quoted letters giving opinions for and against holding Tai Ji classes in a church hall. |
| Putting on an identity | 2010/07/05 | I confess I’ve had a problem with people wearing dark glasses or niqabs. |
| Jesus and the Simurgh | 2010/05/26 | Spare a thought for us self-tortured intellectuals. While many Christians are unencumbered by the need to pin everything down clearly, I am constantly perplexed |
| A world in a grain of sand | 2010/05/17 | William Blake’s poem Auguries of innocence begins: To see a world in a grain of sand, |
| What we could be | 20/04/2010 | Hope is starting to dawn for me. Hope beyond optimism when optimism has been unmasked. |
| The most important thing about humans | 14/04/2010 10:31 | This information has been rediscovered every generation or so for at least the l |
| God within God | 12/04/2010 12:54 | A few days ago I awoke from a confused dream accompanied by the words "God is wi |
| Celebrating Eastertide | 08/04/2010 10:34 | Last week changed the way I thought about Easter. Easter, the main Christian |
| Catholicism | 20/03/2010 12:28 | Later on in my stay at Douai I went to vespers (in Latin), after which we all we |
| Love | 20/03/2010 11:16 | Last weekend I spent three days at Douai (pronounced "dowey") Abbey, enjoying a time of quiet and country |
| The Body | 04/12/2009 08:43 | Recently I've been stuck with a book chapter that I'm writing. My argument (abou |
| The Hills | 16/11/2009 08:57 | (A composite blog 11 Nov to 13 Nov) Wednesday had ended in a collapse. During |
| Life-purpose | 26/10/2009 15:21 | Reflecting on Karen Armstrong's "Muhammad: prophet for our time" I realised the |
| Prayer | 05/10/2009 07:43 | I've always found the Christian notions of "prayer" confusing (and perhaps confu |
| Mythic Christianity | 15/09/2009 08:18 | This morning I had a bash at singing the Te Deum. I always loose the tune at "O |
| Islam | 15/09/2009 07:40 | I've just been reading some writings of Rumi (I grabbed a volume from my son's s |
| The "Lockerbie Bomber" | 24/08/2009 09:07 | The circumstances surrounding the release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi seem to have |
| Buzzards | 19/08/2009 11:00 | I spent last week at Cae Mabon, a wonde |
| Sense of Self | 30/07/2009 12:35 | As I was a late developer in social relations, I tend to stop and think about in |
| Te Deum and Quakers | 24/07/2009 08:01 | I decided to up the stakes and try singing the Te Deum |
| Prophesy | 22/07/2009 08:14 | In Christianity there is a strong tradition of "prophesy", in the sense of a cha |
| Daemons | 21/07/2009 16:32 | While walking on Southampton sports centre this afternoon, in a gentle drizzle, |
| July walk | 16/07/2009 17:07 | The walk from our house to the adjacent town of Eastleigh, which I took this aft |
| Magnificat | 16/07/2009 16:49 | Isabel and I normally sing a psalm each morning, one per day apart from psalm 11 |
| The light verse | 15/07/2009 21:30 | To continue the Koran thread ... I've been musing over a famous verse (24:35) kn |
| Batty Blessings | 03/07/2009 07:27 | Yesterday, as we were pottering around the house, Isabel cried, "there's a bird |
| Masks | 02/07/2009 18:47 | I was thinking about "personas" this morning. The train of thought started with |
| Religious experience | 18/06/2009 13:31 | Yesterday, at the local book-launch for Isabel Clarke's Madness, Mystery and |
| Koran | 16/06/2009 07:53 | At present in my regular morning sitting-time I sing a psalm (Isabel joins me fo |