Entries categorized as writing
new blogging
I’ve been doing some work with the person who redesigned this blog. He has been revising my blogging habits with me.
When I started blogging seven years ago I wasn’t writing books. Since then I’ve written a lot of articles and three books. A couple of days ago I mentioned the conception of another book. This More...
writing a book
This week I’ve received some very encouraging mail about my Lent book, which is great to receive in a week when the final edits of my next book have gone off to the publisher. Writing a book is so inspiring and exciting at the beginning, but by the end of it I find my nose More...
Digimission
I gave a short talk at this event yesterday, about writing, blogging and the relationship between form and content.
Jonny Baker, Mark Meynell, and Krish Kandiah were also there, Adrian Warnock was pre-recorded and Shane Hippsjoined us virtually. All good fun.
Click here if you want to watch/listen
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writers on writing
My days are jam packed at the moment with students, carol service planning and committee meetings. (I love the first two; committees are simply a necessary evil.) But even in the busiest phases of term I try to fit in some writing somewhere – even if I have to skip lunch or get up stupidly More...
books and writing
I was pretty unwell over the summer, and spent a lot of time resting in bed. Not my usual style. But I got into the habit of writing on my laptop in little bursts – more or less alternating between an hour of writing and a couple of hours' sleep through the day.
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latest writing
Second Thoughts – an article in The Christian Century
Morning – an essay on College Chaplaincy in spirituality journal Quiet Spaces
all my recent publications are on this page
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show up at the page; put words on it
I have long been a fan of Rachelle… there are quite a few parallels in our lives, and she inspires me. She’s one of four artist friends who have, between them, inspired and persuaded me to start painting and singing after a few years in the doldrums. And although I was writing already, to gather More...

