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Standing on My Head
“A scene is often most clearly seen when it is seen upside down.” G.K.Chesterton
Happy Fourth of July
Here is my somewhat annual Fourth of July post. Every year I review it and add a few things and remove a few depending on my mood and the circumstances... In no particular order [...]
The Finger Bone of St Thomas and the Blessing JP2
I was on pilgrimage to Rome for the Jubilee Year in 2000 when I met Ian. You see, I was hard up at the time and I wanted to save money so I opted [...]
Me and St Boniface
When I was a priest in the Church of England I served as the Vicar of Brading on the Isle of Wight. A favorite part of the island was St Boniface Down--a lovely hillside [...]
The Ghost of Arianism in the Church Today
Heresies are like weeds. They keep coming back. The thing is, they come back in different guises. In the fourth century Arianism was part of the great debate over the divinity of Christ and [...]
Mrs Mullally and the Meaning of Ministry
In the wake of the controversial enthronement of Sarah Mullally as the first female Archbishop of Canterbury, conservative Catholics on social media bubbled over with indignation. When Pope Leo sent a letter of congratulations [...]
Frodo Baggins and St Therese
‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.’ Tolkien admitted that he wrote these words absentmindedly on the back of an exam paper he was marking. Such spontaneous inspiration suggests the [...]
