I was listening to David Suchet (who famously played Agatha Christie’s crime solving sleuth, Poirot) read the Bible – and he does it very well. As he did, I reflected on the fact […]
Because of the generosity of some very special people, Mary and I were able to spend ten days on Lord Howe Island. Lord Howe Island is a majestic place and a gentle place. […]
I am continually appalled at my level of ignorance and fearful of the potholes it provides for me to fall into. And yet, there is a shy conviction within me that enables me […]
Bertrand Russell (known as “Bertie” to his friends) was arguably the leading academic atheist in the early twentieth century. He wrote a book called, Why I am Not a Christian. Sadly, Russell fell into […]
I would never have made a good Stoic… although I applaud much of their thinking. Stoicism was a Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno in the 3rdcentury BC. It taught that the […]
Wistfulness is an ache of the heart that is perhaps beyond words. It is a sadness, a hope. Often, it is a longing for meaning, a yearning for something beyond your current reality. […]