Jan 13, 2021Eupnea — My Song of 2020“Please breathe, you made it to here, hold on…” When in June 2019, in the old era, Pure Reason Revolution announced they were back, and shortly afterwards, that they would be releasing an album in 2020, I was thrilled. I had been at one of their farewell gigs in Bristol…Progressive Rock7 min readProgressive Rock7 min read
Sep 7, 2018How I Became #Exvangelical OR A Few Drops of PoisonI follow a lot of #exvangelical people on twitter, which has been really helpful to me. But one thing that strikes me whenever I read their accounts is the lifelong immersion that most seem to have experienced. …Christianity9 min readChristianity9 min read
Dec 6, 2017Elf on the Shelf or Grace on the Case: Two Visions of Saint NickHow legalism and Christmas can be separated by remembering the original saint and the Christ-child he followed I am not a parent. This was made rather clear to my colleagues a few years ago coming up to Christmas when we were talking about our Christmas Day routines. My manager described…Christmas7 min readChristmas7 min read
Nov 14, 2017Poppy(Asterisk)I didn’t wear a poppy this year. It wasn’t a positive statement of something political. It was more that I couldn’t wear the badge I wanted to wear. Poppy (Asterisk). Poppy* The trouble with symbols is that they accrue meaning, and have one ‘ranking’ meaning at any one time, that…Remembrance Day3 min readRemembrance Day3 min read
Sep 22, 2017Multiple Truths ≠ Alternative Facts, One Reading ≠ A Conclusive TruthI wrote this essay for the Christians in Science essay competition, but failed to enter it time — mostly because I had not edited it and was then moving house. Thanks to @EmilySturge for bringing it to my attention. I’m publishing it here because I think it’s an important topic…Christianity9 min readChristianity9 min read
