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Late March
In a late afternoon break, I walked down the road to buy 4 pints of milk. The soft late afternoon light and the stillness did its work.
‘This is NOT that’ Purpose: taking a peek beyond the horizon of evangelical/charismatic church culture…and to leave for a Promised Land
If we are ‘of the faith of Abraham’, what does pioneering Abraham-style and leaving our father’s house look like?
Pilgrimage to Fratton Park, Portsmouth 8th/9th March 2025
Pilgrimages take many forms: including to Fratton Park, the home stadium of Portsmouth Football Club to watch Pompey v Leeds…with Paul, an avid Leeds Utd fan and I, as avid a supporter of Portsmouth. A clash in the sun.
The Ills of America
I wonder what you will make of this poem…there’s been a lot of news from across the Atlantic this week…but I’m taking aim in a different direction!
Are You a Filer or a Piler…or a Lurcher?
Are you a filer or a piler? Organised or in disarray? I discuss my tendency to lurch between the two
Dad-daughter 10K challenge 2024-2025…Post VII 26.02.25 79 Days until Bristol 10K, 11th May, 2025
Just over 10 weeks to go….like/unlike Ali’s Deer Lake Training Camp, I abscond to Cornwall….
Bolt Hole for Writers – an ideal Writer’s Retreat?
An account of a recent solo writer’s retreat - and the tug of war between the idyllic and the unpredictable
Song of Songs
Song of Songs is holy ground. We can’t get very far with it with shoes on. But progress we will.
Transfiguration transfigured
Caught by surprise…the sun streaming through a tangle of branches took me to the crown of thorns and then the Transfiguration…but not as expected.