The second guest on the blog is Ian Storer. All the pictures on the site that are not maps or photographs are his work (see the World, Books and SWM sections). A visit to his website (scipio6.wix.com/scipio-designs) displays more of his artwork in drawing and...
My mother, Ursula Hall, who was a historian, wrote about St Andrew and his somewhat tenuous connection to Scotland. In an unpublished work she commented on the rapid spread of the Christian church in the decades after its founding. “These [the apostles] were the men...
Like most people, I wear many hats (metaphorically). Readers of this blog will have become familiar with the woolly bobble-hat of my Christian/churchwarden mode, and also with the frilly bonnet of my writer-and-reader/book-lover persona. But there are others, and today I’m wearing the flat cap...
When I posted on 12th January (“The Real Difficulties”) I mentioned some topics I wanted to address on the blog, and said “Once again, I have no qualifications for this. I’ve been reading the Bible for a long time; that’s all. I am partly looking...
It is now two months since I arrogantly launched myself onto the internet with the following three stated objectives: – to publicise my novel and my invented world; to enjoy self-expression; to glorify God. The story so far: the site People have been very nice about the...
I am pleased to welcome my first guest to this blog. I asked my good friend and fellow churchwarden Clint Redwood to post his views on what is possibly his favourite subject. Star Wars – The Force Awakens Reviewing anything like Star Wars presents possibly as much...
The meeting of the leaders of the various provinces of the Anglican Communion, which took place last week, has been very confusing to follow. The confusion even extends to the name “Primates’ Meeting”, which is frankly not helpful for anyone with a normal sense of...
Last Friday, the meeting of the Anglican leaders called by the Archbishop of Canterbury broke up without a formal split in the Communion, and issued a statement. I am intending to post a blog about this, but am still gathering thoughts and information. In the meantime,...
Before I begin on that, here is a PS to a previous post. On 8th Jan, I mentioned Anthony Trollope’s Barsetshire series, and one of his most famous characters, Mrs Proudie. Some of my readers may be old enough to recall the 1982 BBC TV series,...
Hello, people. In my “mission statement” post on 1st Dec, I said that I wanted To help people, including myself, to stay Christians by honestly facing and exploring, from within the faith and before God, the real difficulties that many of us see when we sing modern...