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 …
July 15, 2021 The Garden of Sadness The Garden of Sadness is not a place anyone wants to go. We’d prefer to be happy than sad, and …
July 15, 2021 Being Simon There are many ways to reflect on our lives. One way is to consider the what, the how and the …
July 12, 2021 It’s a security issue Sometimes, when we’re looking for security, we take ourselves to a prison. It’s certainly secure, all bars and locks. But …
July 7, 2021 The benefits of traffic calming For a moment, and it need not be long Turn away from entertainment and the consumption of news And enter …
June 29, 2021 What is bad language? How are we to use language? And yes, I’m aware of the absurdity of the question. Here I am having …
June 26, 2021 The Never Ending Story Some words spoken at the Christening of my granddaughter, Gloria: A long time ago, as a family, we’d sometimes stop …
June 22, 2021 The people of the lie In the Semitic tradition, it is far worse to lie than to be deluded. Ignorance is bleak but deceit is …
June 14, 2021 Beauty, this temptress Beauty is such a temptress Wherever I go She flirts with me All light, colour, texture, space And her call …
June 7, 2021 Should I stay or should I go? My recent novel Gospel, Rumours of Love opens with Yeshua walking away from Nazareth. He is leaving. He has no …
