Monthly Archives: April 2020

Can’t believe what’s going on? Angry? Anxious? Here may be a reason…

Homer Simpson is told that he has one day to live: Doctor Hibbert tells him that he will go through five stages: denial “I’m not dying”, anger “Why you little..!”, fear “What’s after fear, what’s after fear?” bargaining “I could … Continue reading

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Confused by the Bible? Join the club. My take on 1 Corinthians 15:29

Children often ask me, you’re a vicar – have you read the whole Bible? Hand on heart – I can’t say that I definitely have although I probably have. I’ve not read it, all the way through, starting from Genesis … Continue reading

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Don’t judge a book case

I’ve spent quite a bit of time over the last weeks regretting jokes about media studies students : given that some rudimentary knowledge of video editing might have come in useful in lockdown. I’m grateful to those who have pointed … Continue reading

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War of the Worlds – a lockdown classic

“No one would have believed in the last years of the nineteenth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man’s and yet as mortal as his own…” No one would until one, man … Continue reading

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