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 8, 2018 Through the wardrobe By the time CS Lewis stepped through the wardrobe and into Narnia, he’d had a few adventures of his own. …
May 8, 2018 Down by the riverside Here is a simple ten-minute meditation (or longer) towards letting go of unhelpful thought or feelings. You imagine you are …
May 2, 2018 Amber Rudd remembered Amber Rudd recently resigned as Home Secretary. She feels she ‘inadvertently misled’ Parliament over immigrant deportation targets. There had been …
May 2, 2018 Bluebells and plague Happy accidents, sad accidents…you’ve probably had a few. You’ve been lucky and you’ve been unlucky. Some things have worked out, …
May 1, 2018 Our moral guardians Inhuman treatment of the Windrush generation Vs Swivel-eyed Jew-hating. Or May Vs Corbyn. Choices, choices. It has been painful - …
April 3, 2018 To the caves I won’t be blogging for a while. I find I’m becoming bored of myself, which isn’t good. And I’ve always …
April 3, 2018 The first task in marriage A recent wedding address, we’re in a church… Mark and Sarah have asked me to say a few words…always a …
March 30, 2018 I fear the worst! I have a pain in my chest and suddenly start worrying that this could be a heart attack. My son …
March 28, 2018 Joyful displeasure St Therese of Lisieux once spoke gently; and she gently spoke these words. ‘If you are willing to serenely bear …
