Eve’s curse and gratuitous cat pictures. [Quotage]

We have not done enough linkage here lately. And there is some good things out there. Firstly, the cat may delay blogging, but she does not run the house. I do. And this is important. For when you are married initially (at least in my experience, and… Read More

Cherishing self righteousness is like taking selfies on an active volcano.

We were sitting in a bowling club yesterday, attending Sunday Service. The congregation does not have a home: the Church owns a house it uses as a base for student ministry and administration, but rents the club. So we were worshipping among sporting… Read More

Pens and words alone suffice.

I take a lot of photos, so when I wanted to find a photo of water it was a matter of going through the stuff from the holidays: finding things I have not used on the photo blog. The first question Christ asked here reminds me of a conversation last… Read More

Men of God, not Churchian mice. [Nic Cave is a better theologian than most liberals]

It's odd. I have this song in part of my Spotify account. And both songs make me both weep and drive me to fury. For Nic Cave knows the true religion: it may curdle in his veins all too often, but he has heard the word (at Brampton Oratory, among… Read More

Do not let the tantrums of the feckless control your leadership.

OK. Following on from yesterday we need to look at what leadership is. It is not being that concerned about the feelings of those below. we are clearly taught not to be tyrants, but to train our children, and treat our servants with respect.… Read More

Let us be trapped in marriage.

Scripture is clear, and it is good. What we here is important, and how we manage it is very important. Now we are told all too often that Scripture is wrong because men wrote it and that is sexism. Or that it is outmoded. Or that our society has… Read More

We need to name bitter truths to mature, or the problem of proxy measures.

I was reading last night: an introduction by Chuck Colson to "Smart Sex" by Jennifer Morse. Which is a goodish book: she understands that families make society, and argues (from an economic and libertarian perspective) that traditional sexual mores… Read More