July 10, 2025July 10, 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 …
May 30, 2018 You’ll never walk alone? You’ll never walk alone is a powerful song to hear sung by Liverpool supporters at Anfield. There’s a great sense …
May 23, 2018 The smart phone creed I believe in my phone, and smart technology Almighty, creator of heaven and earth, as I now experience it. I …
May 21, 2018 ‘That sermon’ and the learning of love The wedding of Harry and Meghan will be remembered for many wonders. And one of the wonders was the sermon …
May 21, 2018 Men and their despair Twelve men will kill themselves today, as twelve do every day, in England and Wales. An awful sentence to write. …
May 21, 2018 Present difficulty In The Gospel of Thomas, the followers of Jesus say: ‘Tell us who you are that we may believe in …
May 16, 2018 A good use of blame We will not conflate blame and agency. Such conflation makes things unclear, when clarity helps. ‘I’m sure she didn’t mean …
May 14, 2018 Why a horse made Nietzsche cry It is a January day in 1889. We are on a quiet street in the Italian town of Turin. Freidrich …
May 14, 2018 Concentrate! And don’t concentrate! Concentration was always celebrated at school…and encouraged loudly. ‘Concentrate, Parke!’ And concentration, or focus, is good for getting things done. …
May 9, 2018 Mediation I’m sometimes involved in mediation. And it’s a fool’s game, really. You’re always waiting for someone to pull out, storm …
