Welcome to Standing on My Head!
This blog used to be hosted at Patheos, but I created my own site because I wanted to get away from the increased commercialism. I also wanted to return to the more personal and relational style that I first had when blogging. As the readership increased at Patheos we lost the personal contact. I had to close the comments box because there were simply too many comments to moderate and extremists were using my combox as their soapbox.
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Standing on My Head
“A scene is often most clearly seen when it is seen upside down.” G.K.Chesterton
The Ancient Novelty of Christianity
I'm very much enjoying Samuel Gregg's Reason, Faith and the Struggle for Western CivilizationI hope to review it more thoroughly once I've finished with it, but the opening section is brilliant on the birth of
Help! I’m Book Swamped
You may not realize it, but books are cheaper than ever to produce. With print on demand publishing the overheads for publishers are plunging. For the most part books are now treated like consumables.
Women’s Ministry: Amazons from the Amazon
For those who remember their Greek mythology, the Amazons were a tribe of women warriors. The document published from the recent synod of the Amazon not only calls for the consideration of the ordination
Evangelicals and the Fullness of Faith
The other day I was talking to an Evangelical Christian who works with the poor in our town. He's a dedicated, prayerful, devout and hard working follower of Jesus Christ. He was brought up
The Man Who Gave Up the Throne of England for His Catholic Faith, Pirates, Walsingham and More
There are four new archived articles uploaded to the Archived Articles section of the blog. These categories of articles are reserved for Donor Subscribers from the Premier level upward. They are collected from the
Future Church 5 – The New Demographic
In this latest podcast in the series John Allen outlines the new demographic - otherwise known as the demographic winter. Otherwise known as the dropping birth rate. Go here to listen to the full
