Best Marriage of Storyline and Backing Track Ever?
Was in the local supermarket today, shopping for breakfast stuff for tomorrow morning. I happened to find myself in the…
Author: crookedshore (page 32)
Market Crash on the Crookedshore
It’s the last day of September on the crookedshore and the weather reminds me that winter is coming. The wind…
Jewish High Holy Days and World Financial Meltdown
Following the rejection on Monday by US politicians of the plan to shore up the financial markets a new plan…
The Dangerous Act of Worship – living God's call to justice – Mark Labberton
This book opens with the following explanation, Worship names what matters most: the way human beings are created to reflect…
A Story over Coffee in East Belfast
We met in a coffee house in east Belfast. Me, eager to get news of all I have missed this…
Heschel on Prayer
I have probably read and taught on the book of Psalms more than any other book in the Bible, and…
Greetings from Bury Park, race. religion. rock'n'roll – Sarfraz Manzoor
This book came to me courtesy of friend and fellow Springsteen fan, Bill Shaw. It’s the memoir of journalist and…
US Presidents Season on BBC
As a West Wing-nut I’m intrigued by the BBC’s US Presidents season which began yesterday. Justin Webb, the US Editor…
Foraging on the Crookedshore (or what I learned of spiritual formation from picking blackberries)
It’s the fifth day of September and there is a strong sense that the story of 2008 has turned another…
The Spirituality of Illness – Technology & Ethics
I mentioned in my last post on the Spirituality of Illness that I am the proud recipient of a tissue…