Saint Mark

Saint Mark, 25th April 2022 There is always a temptation, in any form of writing or teaching, to conform the words to an already expected pattern of thought or belief rather than simply reporting what is seen – I’m probably doing it now. And it’s unfortunate that we celebrate the …

Easter Wednesday

Easter Wednesday ‘Many years ago…’ — I find myself saying that with increasing frequency now — I was on a tube train in London and overheard one person say to the other, ‘Easter is on Sunday this year.’ And I thought, ‘Umh, so we really are living in a post-Christian …

Easter Monday

Easter Monday This is a rather disturbing gospel passage, or should be, as it’s the beginning of that tradition of story-telling that identifies us as Christian over and against everything else: the beginning of that myth-making that can make one group comfortable in itself at the discomfort of others, the …