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• Hour Father…

  

  …who changes notLast Tuesday morning I woke to a freezing cold morning in North Yorkshire. The hedge outside was laced with frozen dew like dainty white... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Dangers of the Web

  

  Frozen in time Rumours about the dangers of our “digital absorption” are greatly exaggerated, I feel. However, when I saw this on a walk through the icy... Read more

  Posted on 20 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Quiet Valentine’s

  Cards that countAs a preacher and occasional broadcaster, I’m not sure I love the sound of my own voice, but I certainly do rely on it. Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Lent 1

  

  Why the ash?When I ran the Disciple’s Way course last year, lots of people asked me about the content of the course. I have not entirely been able to provide it... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Ssshh!

  

  A day of fewer wordsAll day long, in all sorts of places, we acquire words. Walking down the street, past the shops and adverts, we kick through them like a... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• No Place for Grown-ups?

  

  Looking for more on @Pontifex resignationYesterday morning, as is often the case, I was working away on something with my Twitter feed running in the background. Read more

  Posted on 12 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Life in Four Words

  

  Low-tech comms Regular readers of this blog will know that I am no stranger to multi-media digital communication. I love to experiment with the blended,... Read more

  Posted on 11 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Words Not Walls

  

  On Mapo Bridge Mapo Bridge, in Seoul, has an unenviable reputation. Built over the Han River just near to the financial district, it has seen 108 suicides in th... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Beautiful Duty?

  

  A day with the Army Duty wears starched shirts and dark suits. Duty turns its mouth down at the corners, perches on the edge of the sofa so as not to be too... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Just Preaching…

  …on the second fiddleWhere does the preacher sit before preaching? Out the front, like wares on display? In the relative obscurity of the pew, ready to appear... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• On Being a Trumpet

  

  Given voice…When I was ordained in the Autumn of 1992, the service began with the trumpet voluntary played by a particularly gifted young musician in the church. Read more

  Posted on 03 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Long Way for a Spider

  

  Or was it a rabbit? Whenever I teach people about narrative and storytelling, as I did last Saturday, I talk about the importance of the storyteller as a key... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• 1000s / 5

  = one great advertAdvertising at a Super Bowl is like a Royal Command performance for any advertiser, and finding a new angle can’t be easy. Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Not Outside the Box…

  

  …but on top of itA little while ago I coined the phrase “Why think outside the box, when you could stand on top of it for a better view?” It was just playing... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Einstein on Preaching

  

  The risk of novelty On Saturday I returned to one of my great loves after an absence of over one year: teaching people to preach. On this particular occasion... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Washing Line Writing

  Advice for writers great and smallLast year I blogged on the results of the BBC Radio 2 short story competition. You can read the post here. Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• You Owe Me a Pencil, Professor Taylor

  

  Review of ‘The Healing Word’ by Barbara Brown TaylorI admit it, I am getting old.  These days, if I want to retain the contents of a book, I have to use a... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Verbal Recycling on Capitol Hill

  

  Words do not grow old Occasionally, when times are busy and days seem short, I am tempted to recycle an old sermon. I am tempted to pop an old ring binder... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Digi-me

  

  Identifying identity This blog post is written by an eight-year old in Taipei, using a VPN to make it look as if it is written in the UK and an online translato... Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Of Whales and Miners

  

  A profound prayer Those of you who read last week’s post on an interactive sermon will know that I have just embarked on a preaching series about ‘overheard... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2013 RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY