August 4, 2025August 4, 2025 The amazing and mindful middle way Newsletter: August 2025 Warm summer greetings to you as, here in England, we complain about the weather. We complain about it being too hot in earnest preparation for complaining about it being ‘too bloody cold’, or too damp or too mild – ‘we don’t have winters anymore!’ – or about it raining too much or not enough. ‘Clouds, I hate them!’ says a neighbour. Though a friend who has just returned from living in Dubai is ‘just loving the clouds’. We all have an angle; and most of us have …
July 28, 2025July 28, 2025 A cautionary caravan tale The old lady owned a lot of farmland. But not being a farmer herself, she had an idea: she’d offer …
July 10, 2025July 15, 2025 Have we become ungovernable? It could be a new board game called ‘Govern that!’ set in a democratic but bankrupt country facing an ever …
October 19, 2022 On being Liz Truss Liz Truss is a woman who delivers. I know this, because she’s told me. Often. ‘I deliver,’ she says. Whatever …
October 12, 2022 Is the church obsessed with sin? The church’s obsession with sin…how do you feel about it? And encouraged by the church authorities, do you sometimes join …
October 4, 2022 The spiral way The way of the growing soul is not a linear path. We do not slay dragons one after the other, …
September 29, 2022 My holiday notes – I think I saw you The sea shifts, adjusts, invites and holds The sun melts, warms, lights and exposes The mountain is rock, sparse, itself …
September 26, 2022 Shape-shifters anonymous Shape-shifting among politicians is normal, if sometimes breath-taking. Prime Minister Liz Truss, for instance, was clear and forthright against Brexit …
September 21, 2022 The conscious life I’d like to ponder consciousness for a moment. Most imagine themselves to be conscious. Perhaps you do. We talk about …
September 5, 2022 There is light There is light, still light at your centre, a strong quiet flame. It lights your soul entire, revealing your glory …
August 23, 2022 The day Vincent Van Gogh was praised When Vincent was in the mental asylum in St Remy, something amazing happened in Paris. Vincent was familiar with a …
August 22, 2022 Stillness Stillness. Mary Oliver, in her poem Today, calls it ‘one of the doors into the temple.’ It is a precious …
