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March 5, 2014
A Bigger god 11: The Dragon in the Station Buffet
So here I am: trying to understand Jesus as a post-modern hero, but stuck in the old-time-religion of the cross. Stuck with this idea that without the cross my life — my world — would be disastrously diminished. It is this audacious claim that makes me a Christian; that sticks in the throat, I’m sure, of many. Is […]
A Bigger god 10: Cruci-Fiction?
The naivety I won’t let go of… The difficulty we have in fully grasping the meaning of The Prodigal arises partly from our reluctance to hear the voice it is told in. We are used to identifying the voice of Jesus here, but there is another voice we would be wise not to miss. This is […]
A Bigger God 9: Four Givens
Why the forgiven forgive and the unforgiven can’t Existential Therapy is an approach to psychiatry developed around the work of Irving D Yalom. Drawing on the philosophical tradition of Keirkegarrd, Nietsche and Sartre, Dr Yalom has established what he believes are the four “givens” of the human condition: isolation, meaninglessness, mortality andfreedom. It is how we respond to these […]
January 30, 2014
Chesterton: Telling Stories the Way God Does…
“If the characters are not wicked, the book is.” We must tell stories the way God does, stories in which a sister must float her little brother on a river with nothing but a basket between him and the crocodiles. Stories in which a king is a coward, and a shepherd boy steps forward to […]
November 28, 2013
“If you have any young friends who aspire to become write...
“If you have any young friends who aspire to become writers, the second greatest favor you can do them is to present them with copies of The Elements of Style. The first greatest, of course, is to shoot them now, while they’re happy. – Dorothy Parker”
THE GIRL WINKED WITH BOTH EYES
My good friend Rinke Verkerk is writing her first novel (in Dutch) and blogging about the experience (in English). Do follow her at http://adrianaverkerk.tumblr.com/
November 24, 2013
Does Our Changing Language Tell Us About Ourselves?
The word “selfie” has been named 2013 ‘word of the year’ by Oxford Dictionaries. See the BBC report here. The word is not yet included in the print version of the world-famous Oxford Dictionary, but is now part of the online version. Does this reflect an increasing self-obsession in our culture? Have handheld devices made […]
November 18, 2013
Advice for poets
Source: poetsandwriters: From “(Mis)Adventures in Poetry” by D.A. Powell in The Writer’s Notebook: Craft Essays from Tin House. Tin House Books
November 1, 2013
New Posts on Medium
I’ve added several new articles on Medium of late – do have a look: A Bigger god, Chapters 1 to 6 Lou’s Unexpected Legacy x+y x infinity = GOD? The Un-Godding of God Iim finding Medium an incredibly good publishing platform. There is an ease to it and it seesm to be growing as a […]
October 15, 2013
Alice Munro on Story
“A story is not like a road to follow … it’s more like a house. You go inside and stay there for a while, wandering back and forth and settling where you like and discovering how the room and corridors relate to each other, how the world outside is altered by being viewed from these […]
