November 14, 2024November 14, 2024 How truth toppled an archbishop Next Sunday, with a degree of irony, is Safeguarding Sunday in the Church of England. And priests across the land are probably wondering what to say to their flock. I would be. It is not a good moment for the church; though who knows? Maybe it is. The Archbishop has this week belatedly resigned over a safeguarding scandal; but the visceral anger reverberating through the church suggests he will not be the last Episcopal fall guy. And it’s hard to know with stories like this which of these are worse: …
November 5, 2024November 5, 2024 R.I.P. Nuance We gather here today to say farewell and goodbye to nuance, a much loved member of the human family, now …
October 23, 2024October 26, 2024 Pink Floyd in Eastbourne We saw Pink Floyd perform in Eastbourne last night. Well, not the actual Pink Floyd because they aren’t talking to …
January 15, 2019 The appeal of emptiness We live in an era of techniques, courses and qualifications. ‘If you want to improve yourself, use this technique.’ ‘If …
January 7, 2019 The confessions of a cello player ‘I think, therefore I am,’ declared Descartes, famously. But Buddha, 2500 years before him, would have drawn the opposite conclusion. …
January 7, 2019 The Christmas tree – a lament You may have long forgotten about your Christmas tree. It may have been back in its box or out in …
January 7, 2019 A daily epiphany How to describe your essence - the reality at the centre of your being? It’s difficult, for beautiful states are …
January 4, 2019 The soul window Let us talk of things not much talked of, soul and personality. They are closely related, yet behave differently. Your …
January 2, 2019 What does good leadership look like in 2019? What will good leadership look like in 2019? My primary wish for the country this year is the discovery and …
January 2, 2019 Happy New Year? And so we start again, that’s what the calendar says. Everything in the media is about hopes for the New …
December 31, 2018 The Darkling Thrush My end of year, start of year poem of the week, ‘The Darkling Thrush’. It was written by Thomas Hardy, …
December 24, 2018 A Christmas message I don’t know if you’ve ever played the game: ‘Which century would you most have liked to live in – …
