Tag Archives: Mystery of Evil

Woke!

I have had a very unpleasant experience with the “woke” leviathan these last few days, albeit on a very small scale, a true microcosm of something that is killing thousands, and millions in the past in its various manifestations. It … Continue reading

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Stella

From 1964 until 1967, I went to the local primary school, Castle Street School in Kendal. It was a run-of-the-mill nominally Anglican primary school for children of 5 to 11 years old. Pupils were prepared for the Eleven-Plus, a test … Continue reading

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The Night of Advent

We come around once again to this night of Advent as the gloom of winter encircles us who live in the northern hemisphere (it is now the turn of the Aussies to get their boats out and go sailing). For … Continue reading

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Liminal Mariners

I have been sailing several times this year, living aboard for up to a week to ten days. There are three ways to go sailing: with a massive and extremely well organised and planned event like the Semaine du Golfe, … Continue reading

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What is the Church?

From my isolation as an Anglican Catholic priest here in north-western France, I am discovering a different notion of Christianity. It is plain that if I stick up a sign outside my house saying “Anglican Catholic Church” and advertising a … Continue reading

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Out of the Ashes

I am gathering my thoughts in regard to seeing the modern western world as something akin to France in the wake of the Terror. The guillotine did its grisly task and the bodies of the dead are buried in the … Continue reading

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Cancelling Humanity

I came across this slightly unusual view of tradition and modernity – The problem of religious traditionalists. When I first saw the title and the first lines of the text, I thought this was an apologia for the “cancel culture” … Continue reading

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The Mirror

Resentment, bigotry, prejudice… When we hear people talking with bitterness and trashing someone who did not deserve such treatment, it is heartbreaking. I have lived through the death of Pope Benedict XVI – from a distance. I have also lived … Continue reading

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New Year Resolution

Some people have the custom of making New Year Resolutions, usually things for better health like giving up drinking alcohol or smoking. Others resolve to keep a tidy home, be better organised at work, many things. How long do such … Continue reading

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On this Christmas Eve

As I wish my readers a happy Christmas, whether they are with their families or alone with the Mystery we contemplate, I have been corresponding with Edward Jarvis who has written two books on the more illusory aspects of independent … Continue reading

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