Sunday, 9 April 2023

Easter 2023: Welcome to the flip side….

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Poor Matthew (Parris) doesn’t get it. I get why he doesn’t get it. And he isn’t alone. His problem is both relatively straightforward and re...
Friday, 7 April 2023

Easter 2023: How come the world still spins?

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The death of a child, a spouse, a parent, comes as a shattering blow. It is one that I haven’t experienced personally yet but I know that on...
Wednesday, 5 April 2023

Easter 2023: The calm between storms…..

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It is unclear what Jesus and His disciples did during the middle of what has come to be called “Holy Week”. In part this is because ancient ...
Sunday, 26 March 2023

The tyranny of the present…..

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Although time can be used as an accusation (as in “you’re living in the past”), we appear to be suffering from a different problem at the mo...
Monday, 13 March 2023

As I’m a theology student…….

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In my former life, conferences played an important role. Far from being mere “jollies”, they provided key opportunities to both hear and sh...
Monday, 27 February 2023

Tolerance and the public square…

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I confess I’m not really sure what is meant these days by “the public square”. There probably isn’t just one, and it probably isn’t a physic...
Friday, 17 February 2023

A “Kennedy moment” in Scotland

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I was on a train from Glasgow to Edinburgh last Wednesday, and had just logged on to the in-train Wi-Fi, when the news broke. Nicola Sturgeo...