The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth A deconstruction of complementarianism showing how it is not a recovery of a historical or scriptural understanding…
I wrote this two and a half years ago. I don’t know where all the Whacks pieces are now, but teeth brushing can still be an issue. A Ball of…
I have never knowingly quoted Playboy magazine before, and I have no expectation that I shall do so again, but it turns out that, in my blog a couple of…
At the end of Lent 2021, during which I was encouraged by a friend to grow in creativity, I was preparing my talk for church on Easter Sunday. Drawing from…
Two childhood memories: One: “Our family is not creative!” I remember being told this in response to my frustration with my ineptitude with paints and pencils.* I’m sure the intention…
An inspiring book, leaving me with nagging questions. This is the third book I’ve come across which addresses the spirituality of a life in crisis, and the new and better…
For the past couple of months at Catford Community Church we’ve been thinking through prayer, in various different forms, based on Pete Grieg’s How to Pray – Pause, Rejoice, Ask,…
Why a blog, and why the name? In November 2020 I was given an award for being ‘silent in the background’. Strictly speaking, my wife and I were given an…
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