“Whether we and your politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do.” – Wendell Berry – The walks on the beach are not always pleasant these days. There are mornings when I…Continue reading I Weep and I ‘Remember’
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Falling Down the Rabbit Hole: Betwixt and Between (Epilogue)
Last year I contributed to a book edited by Tim Carson called Neither Here Nor There: The Many Voices of Liminality. The book draws together the expertise, experience, and insights of a coterie of authors, all of whom relate the core concepts of liminality to their unique experiences. Unfortunately, this book is still not available…Continue reading Falling Down the Rabbit Hole: Betwixt and Between (Epilogue)
Falling Down the Rabbit Hole: Disenchantment (Part 4)
Last year I contributed to a book edited by Tim Carson with the title of Neither Here Nor There: The Many Voices of Liminality. The book draws together the expertise, experience, and insights of a coterie of authors, all of whom relate the core concepts of liminality to their unique experiences. Unfortunately, this book is…Continue reading Falling Down the Rabbit Hole: Disenchantment (Part 4)
Falling Down the Rabbit Hole: The Safety of Institution and an Addiction to Certainty
Last year I contributed to a book edited by Tim Carson with the title of Neither Here Nor There: The Many Voices of Liminality. The book draws together the expertise, experience, and insights of a coterie of authors, all of whom relate the core concepts of liminality to their unique experiences. Unfortunately, this book is…Continue reading Falling Down the Rabbit Hole: The Safety of Institution and an Addiction to Certainty
Falling Down the Rabbit Hole: Meandering Paths (Part 1)
Last year I contributed to a book edited by Tim Carson with the title of Neither Here Nor There: The Many Voices of Liminality. The book draws together the expertise, experience, and insights of a coterie of authors, all of whom relate the core concepts of liminality to their unique experiences. Unfortunately, this book is…Continue reading Falling Down the Rabbit Hole: Meandering Paths (Part 1)
My Pug and Her Curious Relationship with Her Shadow
“There is no light without shadow and no psychic wholeness without imperfection.” – Carl Jung – My pug mauls her shadow. Not every day, of course. Just on those days when the sun is shining brightly and we happen to walk past our neighbour’s garden wall at a particular time in the morning. Suddenly…Continue reading My Pug and Her Curious Relationship with Her Shadow
The Sinking Island
I blogged this piece on Tangier Island back in 2017. As I read it today, I found it helpful and thought I would post it again … perhaps it also finds resonance in your life at this time. And then one day, – and I still don’t know how it happened – The sea came.…Continue reading The Sinking Island
Haunted by Hell: Part 3 – Hell Hath No Fury Like Hell Scorned … and Love Wins
“What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love.” – Fyodor Dostoevsky What did church fathers like Origen, Clement, Gregory of Nyssa, St. Anthony and Didymus hold in common that would see them snubbed by many modern Christian institutions?? The doctrine of apokatastasis … No, that’s not a cat…Continue reading Haunted by Hell: Part 3 – Hell Hath No Fury Like Hell Scorned … and Love Wins
Haunted by Hell: Part 2 – Our Addiction to Retributive Justice
“There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African understanding is far more restorative – not so much to punish as to redress or restore a balance that has been knocked askew.” -Desmond Tutu – Dante’s hell, as discussed in Part 1, fuelled the human imagination. Eternal flames, endless pain, torturous…Continue reading Haunted by Hell: Part 2 – Our Addiction to Retributive Justice
Haunted by Hell: Part 1 – Dante’s Legacy
“The path to paradise begins in hell.” ― Dante Alighieri – There’s a room in my life where hell sleeps. Sleeps every so lightly. And over the last few years, it often awakens, moving swiftly through the corridors, to be part of the many conversations I have had with people whose life narrative has been…Continue reading Haunted by Hell: Part 1 – Dante’s Legacy