Openings

Well, this is awkward. I always knew, with this blog, that I wouldn’t keep up a consistent pace of posts – there would be times when there ...

“ As leaders can only lead with the consent of those led, however grudging that might be, the Divine can only guide us if we are willing to...

This is a long post, exploring issues in detail, and I would encourage those interested in the topic to read the whole thing. However, a sum...

Some expressions of Christianity are what is termed dualist : they are concerned with the adversarial nature of a divine Lord of good, in t...

“ Being who you are is never a sin. ” – Maxim 7 This is, I hope, self-explanatory. I suppose different people can take different thing...

It’s a pretty common question online, in various question-asking-and-answering communities, and indeed offline when talking to people about...

In this post, I address things that are, for some, a matter of religious faith from a historical perspective . This means saying things that...

I don’t have a big, Quaker, theological post for Christmas this year (though I encourage you to look at Christmas posts from previous years...

As regular readers will no doubt be aware, I invite those who wish to support this blog to subscribe to my Patreon . I’m gratified by the s...

I am, as regular readers will no doubt realise, a proponent of Quaker Universalism – the idea that a person’s underlying theology can take ...

“ It is not faith that sustains us; the Spirit sustains us, and the exercise of faith and discipline facilitates this process. ” – Aphor...

Copper alloy mirror, Turkey, circa 500 BCE I was recently given written ministry to which I gave the title On Ministry and Clear Sight . It...

The Cenotaph, Whitehall. Photo by Matt Brown Today is the 11th of November – Armistice Day. When many people around the world remember that...