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What is a Christian?
Book, Podcast, Film, and Blog Reviews
Poetry
For Writers, Writing and Everything Else
Walking The Two Moors Way Coast to Coast: Wembury to Lynmouth, 117miles Days 0, 1, and 2
The Two Moors, Coast to Coast - first few days
St Peter – the final three rounds in the ring with Jesus, before the knockout punch
In the Blue Corner, St Peter and in the Red Corner, Jesus, the Messiah. Three rounds followed by a knockout.
Going to Church this morning?Religious Landscape in England
England - religious diversity…and ignorance?
Book Review: There Are Rivers in the Sky, Elif Shafak, Penguin
A masterpiece - one to be added to your pile of Must Reads.
The Two Moors Walking Challenge – Post 10: 22nd May, 2026 6 days to go
Final prep walk before the off to attempt the Two Moors Challenge, across Dartmoor and Exmore following a coast to coast route from Wembury up to Lynton.
Love the Lord your God with all your heart…
A wrestling poem grappling with the command to love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and strength
A Sermon for the then Prince Charles…and us
The sight of a Zambian brain surgical team spontaneously praising God after a ten hour surgery…a shot in the arm!
Anaconda Root
Not my normal practice, but last week’s Anaconda Root needed some surgery…here’s the tidied-up version.
Anaconda Root
The shed to come needs a firm flat foundation which in turn needs an uneven patch of garden to be levelled, weeds, bricks, and stone…and hidden roots…removed
The Two Moors Walking Challenge Post 8, 22nd April 2026
This week’s challenge: walk to Weston on consecutive days
The Dog I Never Knew
Do anagrams wag their tails? Or contradictions tell the truth, the whole truth…?
The Two Moors Walking Challenge – an after Post #7b, 11th April 2026
Longest walk thus far. Very sore feet at the end…cheerful nonetheless. Got to step it up to a 20 miler soon.
The Two Moors Walking Challenge A before-and-after Post #7a, 8th April 2026
Increasing the miles
1492; Semicolon Love
I do love a well placed semicolon…but more…I love its ‘look’ . Art and punctuation.
Book Review: Cosmic Chemistry, John C. Lennox Lion – 2021
Do God and Science mix? That’s the sub-title - this book reviews the arguments.
The Two Moors Walking Challenge Post #6, 31st March, 2026
Two Moors - a local longer walk from Winscombe to Weston Super Mare…and 125 bus back more or less to my doorstep