Because all I seem to do right now is write, I am not reading. Or, to be more accurate, I am reading all kinds of things. Things about feminist hermeneutics, liberation readings of Scripture, backgrounds to Torah and approaches to Wisdom. Things which are interwoven yet further with texts about food, hospitality and community and … Continue reading »
God spoke to me quite powerfully recently. In the college chapel of all places. I say of all places because it’s not the place you’d choose really to have one of those charismatic meltdown moments, those moments where one minute you’re minding your own business and then the next God comes in unexpectedly, reducing you … Continue reading »
Some months ago I photographed the page of a book I was reading because something about the language and the ideas captivated me. I found it again last week on my iPad and, as I reread it, I began to wonder if this is an example of what fresh wildness might look like in academic … Continue reading »
Almost all good writing starts with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something – anything – down on paper. A friend of mine says that the first draft is the down draft – you just get it down. The second draft is the up draft – you fix it up. … Continue reading »
Image credit I am not an extrovert. I knew that already, of course. But this week has driven it into me in a whole new way. I do not thrive if I cannot be alone at relatively regular intervals. And this week, although filled with wonderful things, has not been an introvert’s week. Recently, I … Continue reading »
All the good stories are out there waiting to be told in a fresh, wild way. Anne Lamott in Bird by Bird. Lamott also says that our ‘anger and damage and grief are the way to the truth’. I think she might be right to a degree: my best writing is born of thought fuelled by … Continue reading »
Redesigning the look and feel of The Art of Steering was fun today! Long overdue, it has been something I wanted to try for ages. I’m pretty pleased with the result (it’s all still free software!) but it’d be great to hear what you think too… Well, August is nearly done and I’m about to throw … Continue reading »
I got a bit excited when this journal came through the post at the weekend. It seems that my Masters essays can be recycled to good effect! Shame about the random capital in presbuteroi though; it wasn’t there on the draft I proofed. I was also a bit overwhelmed, on a rereading of the proofs, … Continue reading »
A friend who is in youth ministry is leading a session soon with her young people on the topic of wisdom and she asked some of her friends to write a letter to their teenage selves, sharing some of the wisdom they now wish they had known then. My effort appears below, although I suspect … Continue reading »
You may have wondered why the post on Friday about that book which I really didn’t like! Well, I have just found a way to get free books. In fact, I spent about an hour last weekend scouring the internet for publishers who would happily send books to me in return for a review. After … Continue reading »
