Previously I argued that jargon words operate like suitcases. But the nature of a carrying device is that it can be used for transporting bad things as well as good (hence regular looking suitcases get destroyed in train stations all the time, for fear that they may contain bombs!)
Category: Writing
Something Understood: Bread of Life
Another post on the intersection of bread and spirituality… This week Radio 4’s Something Understood programme looked at the importance of bread in our physical and spiritual lives.
In favour of jargon (sort of!)
Should we entirely eradicate jargon from our preaching? I say no…
Ashley Madison and the art of Darkness Management
Three responses to the Ashley Madison hack, and why news articles are answering the wrong question…
Brian Houston’s 30 Rules For Preaching
30 challenging and insightful rules for preaching from Hillsong’s Brian Houston
Prayer for Calais
A short reflection and prayer about the situation in Calais.
Yeast of Eden
Is there any clearer ‘Echo of Eden’ than the Artisan Food Movement?
A few thoughts on a theology of food.
Nehemiah, the Beatles and a Frivolous Venn Diagram
Just in case you’ve ever wanted a way to sum up John Lennon’s love life and Nehemiah 6:2-3 in three words…
Subordination and the Immanent Trinity (pt5)
In this final post I briefly consider Augustine and Barth and offer a few conclusions.
Subordination and the Immanent Trinity (pt4)
If subordination is eternal and functional, must it by definition also be ontological? (4/5)
