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attention span
yesterday I wrote about lectures – are they out of date? As a post script, it’s worth asking whether there is any credibility in the argument that lectures are outmoded because no-one can concentrate for fifty minutes?
I say “no” – although with a few qualifications to what you expect in terms of the rise and More...
lecture
I recently heard someone say that the lecture is an outmoded form of communication. No-one, said the speaker confidently, wants to sit and listen to someone talk for forty five minutes. We have newer, better ways of teaching now – people need interaction in order to learn, and no-one can concentrate for more than ten More...
St Megingaud
Five years ago a group of my undergraduates, led by the indomitable Serena,searched for a saint whose feast day we could celebrate at college so that when I took the students out to celebrate my birthday (which always falls in Lent) they would have an excuse to eat chocolate.
Last night, because some of the students More...
sincere atheism
Alan Wilson writes about Ben Myers, atheism, religion and mindset
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too fond of books
I have just finished writing a book about books, art and music. For the last month every spare moment has been devoted to tidying up the ends – checking footnotes, reading copy edits, checking permissions…
This morning I woke from a strange Alice In Wonderland kind of dream, in which I was lost in a world More...
The Prodigal Father
One of Luke’s most famous stories is the Prodigal Son (Luke 15:11 ff). To be prodigal means to be generous to the point of being a reckless spendthrift, to give without concern for whether what is given will be wasted – a term that obviously fits the Prodigal Son well. All his actions from the More...
Icebergs and ducks
from Rules of Thumb (Alan Webber):
Below the surface, like icebergs and ducks, out of sight of the traditional media and traditional politics, there is a movement gaining force.
It is micro-change. It is entrepreneurial and vibrant. The projects are often small. Think of them as Petri-dish size experiments.
They involve small groups of like-minded individuals who want More...
follow the fun
Spiritual advice from Michael Volland
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The Peace of Wild Things
When despair grows in me
and I wake in the middle of the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things
who do More...
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Maggi has kept a blog since September 2003, writing about theology and faith, the arts and literature, and a little about life and random nonsense...
This title focuses on the importance of understanding who God is - and who he is not. It explores the core Lenten idea of 'giving up', taking it beyond the traditional idea of simply abstaining from something.
This book compares and contrasts the different Gospel narratives of Christ's coming. It is designed specifically for use in 2007, highlighting links to the Church calendar. It is intended for those wanting daily Bible readings for Advent.
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