One of the more challenging decisions that needs to be made in preparation for a few days away on retreat is what one might read. In the thr
And into the next decade ? On finding independence and purpose in age
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A short reflection on reading Dr Angela Robertson's book 'Changing Gears: Entrepreneurs @ 50+'
I thin
Reading Keir Starmer : Reform, Politics and Power
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I first met Kier Starmer in 2011 when he offered advice to Lord Falcolners Commission of Assisted Dying supported by Demos - see: https://de
In praise of Anne Lamott ( Somehow: Thoughts on Love)
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I wish I could remember who it was who recommended the work of Anne Lamott ! I may have picked up a quotation from a website, a colleagu
Reading Such a Long Journey : A biography of Gilbert Shaw, Priest
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I believe that I may have had at least two copies of this book written by Rod Hacking ( now a neighbour in Salisbury but then an incumbent in
Try Softer ? In praise of grounded advice from Kolber.
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Where do you pick up recommendations for books these days? Half an hour on Waterloo station yesterday yielded a couple of books
Home Sweet Home?
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This is a very good book! We know our homes and make choices in relation to them but this book will change how you think about almost
On interrogating the self – May on Politics and Power
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I guess that most of us wonder what this one life is about and particularly how we are living it.
They are questions perhaps for th
Advice in Time ? Inter-generational Wisdom.
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Now here is a confession! Not all of the books on my shelves either at home or here in my study at Sarum College have been read from cover t
Sermons in time and place?
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I am writing this on a rainy Sunday afternoon somewhat typical of November. Some of you may have been to Church this morning and experienced l
Seeing beyond the immediate: listening and learning alongside older people
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From 1998 through to 2009, I had the privilege of working with many hundreds of older people in an Almshouse charity. We lived t
To Rest or not to Rest : Reading Alex Sooting-Kim Pang
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I was introduced to the book by Gillian Strain ( do take a look at her work www.gohealth.co.uk) and so ( albeit) reluctantly p
Transgressive Devotion : radical, original, unsettling theology at its honest best
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I remember one of my university teachers sitting in on a seminar that I was leading some 20 years ago. He was attentive and appeared to be m
Listening to your Soul Julia Mourant
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Canterbury Press 2022 ISBN-13 9781786223364 Pb 144pp
In these strange and unpredictable post lockdown days of uncertaint
PRACTICES FOR THE SOUL : FINDING MEANING IN OUR STRANGE NEW WORLD ?
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The Power of Ritual : Turning Everyday Activities Into Soulful Practices Casper Ter Kuile William Collins 2020
reposted from 6th April 2021
ON FAILURE – HOW TO SUCCEED AT DEFEAT
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(The School of Life 2022)
A hopeful and encouraging book that is gentle on its reader!
In 2008, Alain de Botton was one of a team of write
What does it mean to Journey? Reading Crossroad by Moseley
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Charles Moseley is a Cambridge scholar, teacher and English writer. I took this book with me to the Llŷn Peninsula in North Wales last week
Hearing God in Poetry by Richard Harries
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Hearing God in Poetry
Fifty Poems for Lent and Easter
Richard Harries SPCK 2022
This is the time of the year when some turn to th
Take this Journey with Rohr
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Richard Rohr The Universal Christ SPCK 2019 ( £9.99)
It is an often stated conviction expressed by a wide variety of individuals and groups that
Christmas Reading – what kind of politicians do we have or need?
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I wonder what you will dip into over this holiday season by way of escape or relaxation?
I took a risk with this book. The title was arrestin