the waiting country

Alan Davey has some helpful thoughts on summer holiday reading here . My own holiday reading went like this: Nocturnes by Kazuo Ishiguro R...

To begin, a confession: I haven't finished reading this book yet. To continue, a defence: it belongs on this list, without a shadow of a...

For her, church was an airy white room with tall windows, looking out on God's good world, with God's good sunlight pouring in those...

From really good literature (Greene) to a really good story, with lots of science thrown in to boot. I read Fred Hoyle 's The Black Clou...

Having studied a Graham Greene novel at 'A' level ( The Power and The Glory ), I've always had a fascination with his work, not...

An elegant, elegaic novel, written in almost sublime English by a Japanese author. First read this book when it was feted as the winner of ...

I preached not so long ago on Mark 1:9-13 and (from memory) handled Jesus being with the wild beasts in verse 13 as a counterpoint to Adam...

Over at Stepcase Lifehack , Craig Harper has written a piece about disconnection. I particularly liked his suggestions for avoiding disconne...

This was a book I bought on a recommendation of sorts and it sat (with many others) by my bedside for a few months, unread. I tried to start...

is where in the pinewoods in the moments between the darkness and first light two deer came walking down the hill and when they saw me they ...

The Badger and I have decided to blog 15 of our all-time favourite works of literature and I'm kicking the series off (you can find him ...

Some verses in Proverbs 20 recently struck me as particularly appropriate for those engaged in pastoral care: one for direction, one for hu...

David Allen's (almost) seminal work, Getting Things Done , is a very stimulating read - and not just for those looking for better workin...

For some time now I've been trying to implement a GTD method of working (if it's new to you, here's a brief explanation ). Allie...

Way back when, unless a mate had the album, all you had to go on were the singles released, the odd album track played on the radio and the ...

A couple of really thought-provoking posts by Chris Wright on false dichotomies within evangelicalism. Part 1 Part 2 Well worth reading.

Chatting to someone about spotify last night and they asked me what my best discovery had been. I regaled them with tales of Echo & The...

Great to see some Adrian Snell albums appearing on spotify. Let's hope it isn't long before his whole catalogue is available there. ...

Much of this article struck me as being relevent to pastors, too.

But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot. The most grotesque and fantastic conceits haunted him in his bed at night. A universe of in...