March 11, 2019 Thriving in the sausage machine I recently had the honour of spending a day with some head teachers. In the afternoon, we were thinking about …
March 4, 2019 Can imagination save us? Is imagination our greatest need right now? ‘Imagination is at the deepest root of what it means to be human,’ …
March 4, 2019 The silhouette of the cross I once wrote an historical novel, which reminds me what I appreciate about Lent. A moment to explain. The narrative …
March 1, 2019 Grace It is the climate grace we lack. There’s a lot of striving around; but this is quite different. Self-helpery is …
February 27, 2019 Whatever happened to Abbot Peter? The other day, in a deep dark wood, I stumbled across various reviews of my Abbot Peter detective series, all …
February 25, 2019 How to become an adult When does someone become an adult? Society isn’t absolutely sure. You can join the army at sixteen; start driving a …
February 22, 2019 A conference or a retreat? Where exactly a conference ends and a retreat begins is hard to say. But they are different creatures and not …
February 22, 2019 Leaving the wilderness We don’t always know when we arrive in the wilderness. The desert is a place of simplicity, energy and clarity. …
February 21, 2019 Working with change The trouble with ‘letting go’ of things is that, however hard we try, we usually don’t; we keep hold. When …
