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 …
February 28, 2022 How shall we relate to anxiety? How shall we relate to anxiety? Perhaps as a disappointed lover. Anxiety arrives, unbidden; in fact, like a house guest …
February 26, 2022 A picture of virtue I am watching the road and this is what I see. The cat gives way to the old lady because …
February 16, 2022 Ten terrific attitudes I was once asked by a magazine to do a ‘Ten things life has taught me’ piece. It was a …
February 7, 2022 Barbara, in memoriam Prayers I offered at Barbara’s funeral. We walk this earth until we don’t. We tread this planet until we tread …
January 31, 2022 Life – maze or labyrinth? And so we arrive at the maze – or is it a labyrinth? It can be hard to tell, though …
January 25, 2022 The path I watched my friend walk along the path and noticed that sometimes, quite suddenly, he would break out into laughter. …
January 19, 2022 The Pandemic’s psychological scars Apparently, the festive season was far from festive for many. Perhaps you already knew. For according to a survey led …
January 18, 2022 How to be angry and stay human Here’s a strange thing. If spirituality is important to you, you may discover you are becoming more political, not less. …
January 11, 2022 The two-second rule I come in praise of two short seconds. Eternity has to start somewhere. It may in fact take three or …
