June 17, 2022
I am posting an edited version of a talk I gave to Guiseley Mothers’ Union last month. It covers ground I’ve blogged on before, but it’s […]
June 12, 2022
The best conversations begin in the ordinariness of a moment. A table conversation, even among people who know each other well, will often take time to […]
June 6, 2022
If Boris Johnson is done for, as some predict, what will we have learned? Or will we choose not to reflect and learn at all, but […]
May 30, 2022
This post is a reflection on some of the issues raised by last week’s conference on ‘Information and Reality’ organised by the Science and Religion Forum. […]
May 30, 2022
After 36 years, I sat down again to watch the 1986 BBC production of Oedipus at Colonus. It was not an experience to have alone, hesitant […]
May 28, 2022
When was the last time you saw a disabled person preach from a lectern? How many lecterns in the established Church network could actually accommodate a […]
May 25, 2022
If a Church values loyalty and reputation far more than truth and justice it cease to become trustworthy. The use of words – and their plain […]
May 24, 2022
As Peter Drucker famously remarked, “culture eats strategy for breakfast”. It is therefore no use the Church of England running its own systems for safeguarding investigations […]
May 23, 2022
As any student of George Orwell knows, the world of 1984 turns all conventional language on its head. In a dystopian political culture, the Ministry of […]