Do you believe in Father Christmas? All right, that’s an easy one. But what do you really, really believe in? And what connection does it have to reality? Someone said that reality is what remains after you stop believing in…
Out on a limb, like desperate travellers looking for somewhere to stay like lonely shepherds in the dark like a young girl suddenly with child like wise men laughed at, following a wild idea we are lost in a shapeless…
Read: Lost and found
Here in the centre is the River Jordan, boundary between past and future, war and peace: deep enough and there, in the same picture, the Dead Sea, white like a sepulchre If you look closely you can make out a…
It will take more than three wise men and an infinite number of women bishops to decide the right action to take on the Leveson Report. In one camp we have those who think we must install a statutory body…
Look, I have found some pieces of wood: now we can build a fort or a temple and make soldiers out of mud: you and your soldiers can try to destroy me, and I can try to destroy you That…
Read: Playing on Calvary
I am thinking of buying my wife an iPhone for her birthday. Earlier I had been thinking about an iPad. You may think that either of these pieces of magic is an extravagant luxury, but someone has to stop the…
Read: A hat with no rabbit
It would be unrealistic to expect public transport to work flawlessly all the time, and maybe it’s unfair to snipe at it. It is after all burdened with inbuilt failings, such as starting from somewhere you aren’t, and taking you…
The train from Barcelona has arrived: if you look through the window, you can see its sleek but obvious outlines It stands there openly We will be leaving soon: we will be on our way, and later after the scenery…
A narrow Devon lane with hedges so high that they almost meet overhead leads from our rented cottage to the harbour, which consists of an ageing stone wall, a couple of rough ramps and a stream that flows under the…
Read: Somewhere else
I cannot reveal how it happened, but some fragments of ancient manuscripts have come into my hands. It seems that these are portions of the New Testament that have somehow been omitted from the authorised versions. Since they recount incidents…