What a Tour Route for 2009!
Well now we know what the riders will have to do in 2009 to win the monstrous Tour de France,…
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The Blue Parakeet – Scot McKnight
‘The Blue Parakeet – rethinking how you read the bible‘ is the latest book from NT scholar Scot McKnight. He…
The Spirituality of Illness – contemplating one's death
I guess we don’t spend too much time contemplating how we might meet our end. Life itself is often too…
I'm Proud of My Dad
My dad is in his late 60s. He retired a couple of years ago, although ‘retired’ for him is a…
Dr Elaine Storkey and the Credit Crunch
Well, I would love to report on the lecture last night, how Elaine wrestled with the text, spoke words of…
Credit Crunch, Dr Elaine Storkey and Local Bloggers
In a prescient act of planning the 10th Catherwood Lecture, organised by the Centre for Contemporary Christianity in Ireland, will…
Night-time on the Crookedshore
The path along the crookedshore is my most familiar way, but even here the darkness presents a peculiar challenge. Tonight,…
Goodbye Sofa – the story of a settee
This is daft really, but very early this morning my wife and I carried our old sofa out of the…
A Birthday Present
About 10 days ago, just before he left for a really tough work trip to Jamaica (!) I met my…
Autumn at the Lake on the Crookedshore
The lake at Orlock, barely half a mile inland from the crookedshore, is a hidden jewel, which reveals its glories…