JESUS AND MONEY
“Blessed are you poor, for yours is the kingdom of heaven…
A SAINT FOR ADVENT
A SAINT FOR ADVENT JOHN OF THE CROSS ADVENT, REALLY? I once knew a priest who worked at St Paul’s cathedral. He enjoyed smoking a pipe and one Christmas Eve went down to his tobacconist in one of the side streets. The shop had not one item of Christmas...
NOVEMBER NEWSLETTER
MY WRITING LIFE NOVEMBER 2025 WRITING Not much writing this November. I went on a two day retreat at my regular monastery at Crawley Down in Sussex and used their library to read about the Councils of Nicaea (325) and Ephesus (431). It was a useful...
GETTING TO GRIPS WITH MARY
‘It is indeed right to bless you Mary, the most pure and ever-blessed Mother of Christ our God …
NEWSLETTER SEPT + OCT
MY WRITING LIFE SEPTEMBER + OCTOBER 2025 WRITING Out of the 61 days of these two months, I only had 21 days for writing. (I don’t write on weekends). So apart from getting the second part of my ‘Was Jesus an Entrepreneur?’ out, I wrote the chapter on the Church...
LIFE WITHOUT MY IPHONE
LIVING AN UNCONNECTED LIFE ARRIVAL IN ROME Back in April my wife Linda gave me the most marvellous birthday present: two and a half weeks together in Italy, staying at Rome, the Amalfi coast and Capri. We flew out towards the end of September and got the...
AUGUST NEWSLETTER
MY WRITING LIFE Hereford Cathedral AUGUST 2025 WRITING August is traditionally the silly season when nothing newsworthy happens. We did not go on holiday, so that is no excuse why I did no writing. Linda and I went away for two weekends, including the...
WAS JESUS AN ENTREPRENEUR Part 2
WAS JESUS AN ENTREPRENEUR? Part 2 JESUS’ PROJECT - the starting gun It was during the Last Supper that Jesus finally brought his project to life. Taking bread, he broke it and, handed it round and said, “This is my body which is for you. ...
WAS JESUS AN ENTREPRENEUR? PART 1
WAS JESUS AN ENTREPRENEUR? PART 1 BEING AN ENTREPRENEUR INTRODUCTION Entrepreneurs are, or at least entrepreneurship is, quite popular these days. For the last two hundred years it is entrepreneurs who have driven economic growth and so prosperity for...
MY WRITING LIFE
NEWSLETTER MY WRITING LIFE Making corrections in Philbeach Gardens JUNE 2025 WRITING The whole month has been spent making corrections to my new book. Design At the start Ana, Filament’s editor, sent me my manuscript designed as a book -...
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