One of my favourite stories involves an eccentric English missionary priest with an equally eccentric name, possibly the most majestic name you’ll ever hear? The Reverend Ethelsten Cheese (b. 19/11/1877 - d. 5/6/1959) Reverend Cheese was walking through the wilderness in the middle of no where. A British Army soldier was passing in a car,... Continue Reading →
Fleeing what I do not know, I flee to where I cannot go. Recapture me. The bridge between my heart and mind, you come across myself to find. Recapture me. You come and knock on imagination’s door, you come to show to know you; Is what eyes and ears are for. With ears that hear... Continue Reading →
Nada te turbe, Let nothing disturb you, nada te espante Let nothing frighten you, todo se pasa, All things pass away: Dios no se muda, God never changes. la paciencia todo lo alcanza, Patience obtains all things quien a Dios tiene He who has God nada le falta Finds he lacks nothing; solo Dios basta.... Continue Reading →
This notice by the 'Atheists in Kenya' group was very gracious to its former secretary Seth Mihiga. Take a look at their press release below, and Seth himself testifying in a Kenyan Church. Pray for him. Wonderful news!! https://twitter.com/atheistsinkenya/status/1399044644751785986?s=27
What follows is my extended script for a BBC Radio Devon Pause for Thought planned for Sunday 19th April 2020. It is a fascinating truth-containing fable of the 13th century involving a famous Saint and an infamous Wolf: St Francis of Assisi and the Wolf During the early 13th century, we meet an extraordinary figure: ... Continue Reading →
I am reading John Henry Newman's Apologia Pro Vita Sua, which is to say, as intellectually stimulating as it is and as he is, this Anglican turned Catholic turned recently canonized Saint, is very demanding (thanks Tony)!!! Anyway, I came across a poem he had read after following up on another thing, and came across a... Continue Reading →
There is a lot of confusion in the debate between science and religion (I use the term "religion" here as it relates to Christianity). Science is a wonderful, glorious thing. But scientism is the troll under the bridge that just loves to prance around when it can. Science is a way of knowing the physical and natural world -... Continue Reading →
See the short video (June 2019) on The Fuel Cast, filmed at Torre Abbey ruins, Torquay. Who was P. T. Forsyth? Peter Taylor Forsyth was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on this day in 1848 to a working-class family, and was educated there through his university years. Afterwards, he became a Congregationalist minister serving in five successive... Continue Reading →
See the short video on The Fuel Cast, filmed at Torre Abbey ruins, Torquay. JEREMIAH Jeremiah is a towering figure in the Old Testament at the time of the 7th and 6th centuries BC. In many ways, he is the nearest a man can get to chasing after God’s own heart. A phrase commonly associated... Continue Reading →
This review in the Baptist Times of 'Can Science Explain Everything?' by John Lennox, is written by my former tutor, the Revd Dr Ernest C. Lucas, who is Vice-Principle Emeritus of Bristol Baptist College and a former research biochemist: "John Lennox is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University. He is a well-known speaker and writer on... Continue Reading →
Gralefrit Theology 