Richardl

LATEST ARTICLES ( 623 )

• After Nine Years

  

  A closing address to the Council of Global ConnectionsEarlier today I spoke at the Council of Global Connections, where I have served for the past nine years. Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Rubbish Advertising and Low-tech

  

  In praise of simplicityRegular readers here will know that I am a big fan of simplicity and elegance when it comes to communication. Often verbal communicators... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Two Thousand Words

  

  To slow you downWhenever I teach courses on the use of storytelling I tell people about a little strand of self absorption in our psychology. Read more

  Posted on 02 September 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• 727,968 Words Later

  

  Joining in with JohnAfter 727, 958 words (at least in English translations) the Bible comes to an end. What is the final flourish? Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Crane Man and I

  

  A view from aboveIn the place where I pray each morning in the church, there is a view just now across the houses to a huge tower crane rising above the roofs.... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A View on Jonah

  

  Ana Drew reviews Jonah: poet in extremisOn 8th November 2011 the Scrimshaw Group was born. I was writing a book on Jonah at the time, and I wanted to make... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Portrait Or Landscape?

  

  For the love of selfieYears ago, I was fortunate enough to learn my photographic skills at the hands of a master. My father was a patient teacher, helping me... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Fifty Years…

  

  … and 26 wordsI turned fifty yesterday. Throughout my adult life I have been fascinated by language and communication. In particular, I love to watch as the... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Lamps Are Going Out…

  

  …but the TV is still onWhether he said it gazing wistfully out of his office window, or during a chance encounter at the Foreign Office, it seems certain... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Old Horrors Writ Large

  

  The importance of the autographWhen I was at school in the 1980s, everybody had to “do” the First World War Poets at some point. Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Far Away is Near at Hand

  

  In images of elsewhereYears ago, before anyone had heard of the internet, I used to pass the phrase above sprayed as graffiti on a trackside brick wall on the... Read more

  Posted on 31 July 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Cross Words

  

  Making our markI come from a church tradition where the entry of a processional cross into a morning service is virtually unheard of. Read more

  Posted on 28 July 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Virtual Solidarity?

  

  N open questionI sit today and type this freely in my office in a Christian church.  Later on, I shall return to a house where my neighbours know I am a... Read more

  Posted on 23 July 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Ministry in the Wings

  

  Bringing out the bestMany years ago, when I was a first year undergraduate, I wanted to be a theatre director.  After many years of acting, and hot on the... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Small Steps…

  

  …big wordsForty-five years ago today, in a spindly Wallace-and-Gromit-esque contraption with less computing power than the simplest smartphone, Buzz Aldrin and... Read more

  Posted on 20 July 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Simplicity is King…

  

  …and intrigue keeps him thereImagine you had not just a product but a whole country to sell. How ever would you go about it?  Grey Group China were given the... Read more

  Posted on 19 July 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Is Cheating Ok?

  

  Photo- manipulation and the neutrality of technologyYesterday morning, over my early morning cup of tea, I joined my voice with a small chorus of disquiet... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The ‘me’ in herMEneutics

  

  The mirrorWhenever I am teaching people about hermeneutics, or the ‘science’ of interpretation, I save one little device until last. Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Powerful Words

  

  Speech-actI spent Saturday with 40 – 50 aspiring preachers in Spurgeon’s College, where I was honoured to teach for the third time on their ‘Equipped to... Read more

  Posted on 14 July 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Keeping Going on 7/7

  An antidote to despairI was on my way to shop at the local supermarket when it happened. As I pulled into the shop car park there was news of one power outage... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2014 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY