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 more uncertain world. Each player is Prime Minister. But who will stay in power? The players must first decide what will be their game plan. There are three choices. 1) One Nation: General health of the nation. 2) Golden Division: Government by demonization and division 3) Power for Power’s Sake: using all means necessary to keep it. Nothing else matters. The first is a generalist approach steeped in compromise but …
June 12, 2025June 12, 2025 The Gospel according to the Garden Before we go to the garden, a verse from a poem that could scarcely be less floral or Monty Don: …
May 15, 2025May 15, 2025 Are Christianity and therapy joined at the hip? So, here’s the question: ‘What is the relationship between Christianity and therapy?’ And the answer, of course, will depend on …
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 …
August 11, 2022 Reasons to be optimistic William Golding, who wrote ‘Lord of the Flies’ said he was ‘a universal pessimist but a cosmic optimist.’ He was …
August 9, 2022 A room of one’s own If the flute is clogged, no air, and therefore no music, can come through. And if we are clogged by …
