Cults, Christianity and Creation

Cult of Saints, Urbs, and Creation A while ago I wrote a series on the rise of the Cult of the Saints and its relationship to Martyrdom, Relics and the like. One of the key texts that helped introduce me to the topic was Peter Brown’s book ‘The Cult of the Saints: Its Rise and …

Egalitarianism and the Church of England

Awhile ago I wrote something about my developing views on women in ministry yet I hadn’t really thought out how this impacts how I interact with my church, The Church of England. Women’s Ordination CS Lewis on Women's Ordination In an immediate sense I am conscious of how lukewarm many of the arguments for a …

Buffered and porous sexuality

There is no easy way to talk about what I'm about to mention, even anonymous I'm trying to be light on the personal details of the issue. Yet recently I've been challenged by my view of sex as one that is arguably sub-Christian. I think my view is one that many Christians in and in a …

Pensées, Section 2: The Misery of Man without God by Blaise Pascal

Let man then contemplate the whole of nature in her full and grand majesty, and turn his vision from the low objects which surround him. Let him gaze on that brilliant light, set like an eternal lamp to illumine the universe; let the earth appear to him a point in comparison with the vast circle …