Artistic Diversion
I can still remember the first time I saw this painting. I was fifteen, on a school trip to the National Gallery, and I fell in love. I wasn’t supposed […]
Not quite proper
When I grow up, I really will do it properly. Whatever it may be. I have a long and chequered history of not doing things quite right. I made it […]
A Bellringing Kerfuffle
It’s about a year since I started learning to bell ringing. It’s a highly addictive activity, and also extremely convivial. I am lucky to have access to a very happy […]
Rural Church – End times or change?
You may be wondering what has changed over the last four decades given the nature of my previous post on the church where I grew up…. The pews are mostly […]
Rural Church – End Times?
A visit home, a Germinate conference, and several publications have me thinking once again, but this time for a different perspective about rural church. I want to think about the […]
Watering my roots
Been happily showing off my home where I grew up to a friend today, who put up with my excited anecdotes and interruptions with incredible good humour and grace. It […]
#Janathon Day 31 – January roundup
It cannot, I think, be disguised. My Janathon has been pretty poor this year. I have mostly managed to blog, but my exercise attempts have been appalling, and I haven’t even […]
