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 25, 2021 This magnificent voice There is a voice in each of us Like a diamond in our cellar, hidden for years, discovered with delight …
October 20, 2021 Those dreadful glasses If we’re given inappropriate glasses for our eyes, it’s difficult to see. We’ll have impaired vision, probably blurred and we’ll …
October 13, 2021 When do you feel most safe? And when most alive? Here are two questions: When do you feel safe? And, when do you feel most alive? They might appear similar …
October 11, 2021 This is my house/Can therapy help? In therapy, I describe my house to another ‘This is my house.’ I tell them about the space, the clutter, …
October 6, 2021 Not relaxing by the pool RELAXING by the pool is not as easy as it sounds. First, there are the ‘towel wars’; and then the …
October 1, 2021 How to listen As well as being my son’s birthday, Sunday October 10th World Mental Health Day 2021. In response to the latter, …
September 30, 2021 World Mental Health Day 2021 – bothered? Sunday October 10th is World Mental Health Day and why should I be bothered? Because it could be the start …
September 27, 2021 Will the messiah arrive today?! The cleaner had finished her work just in time; the venue made clean and lovely for a much-talked about Saturday …
September 22, 2021 Space is not just for astronauts and billionaires Conan Doyle is remembered as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, the most popular detective ever. That’s success in anyone’s book, …
