2013-01-26 19:50
Father Wombat is surprised by the new-fangled "Incarnational Theology" Read More
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2013-01-26 19:50
Father Wombat is surprised by the new-fangled "Incarnational Theology" Read More
2013-01-06 16:08
The Buddhists say there are 149 ways to God. I'm not looking for God, only for myself, and that is far more complicated. God has a great deal written about Him; nothing has been written abou… Read More
2012-12-20 02:12
"Hell is the seventh name Of this Love wherein I suffer.For there is nothing Love does not engulf and damn,And no one who falls into herAnd whom she seizes comes out again…To be… Read More
2012-12-15 19:34
‘We have no female trinity. But as long as woman lacks a divine made in her image she cannot establish her subjectivity or achieve a goal of her own… If she is to become woman… Read More
2012-12-12 02:30
In intellectual disciplines and in the enjoyment of art and nature we discover value in our ability to forget self, to be realistic, to perceive justly. We use our imagination not to escape… Read More
2012-12-09 01:01
Let me then be destroyed. For that is the only way I may have a chance of surviving. Let those feelings uniquely called forth by sexual love, my life's passion and pain, my learnt desirabili… Read More
2012-12-07 14:59
The snows of the Tyrol, the clear beer of ViennaAre not very pure or true.With my gipsy ancestress and my weird luckAnd my Taroc pack and my Taroc packI may be a bit of a Jew.I have always b… Read More
2012-12-07 14:58
Christianity should contain all vocations without exception since it is catholic. In consequence the Church should also. But in my eyes Christianity is catholic by right but not in fact. So… Read More
2012-12-07 14:57
Men have committed the greatest crime against women. Insidiously, violently, they have led them to hate women, to be their own enemies, to mobilize their immense strength against themselves… Read More
2012-12-02 23:23
Well there you are. It’s not that these things happen or even that one survives them, but what makes life strange is that they are forgotten. Even the one moment that you thought was y… Read More
2012-09-25 18:18
London can be bad for your mental health. It can make you quite unwell. This weekend took me to the middle of the country, a train to Winchester then a half hour drive to some dark space bet… Read More
2012-09-11 23:04
SundayLast day. Technically the first day of the week, but since there was no sun, moon and stars at the time, I think it's a little anachronistic to call the first day Sunday. Nihiloday wou… Read More
2012-09-11 12:37
This is a little experiment. I’m quite often surprised, and made anxious, by the curiosity people have when you tell them you’re a curate. You’ll often get a muted question… Read More
2012-09-11 12:36
TuesdayThe beginning of the day reads as yesterday. I bled out of bed at 7.25am somewhere between amoeba and jellyfish on the evolutionary scale. For some reason I don't get tired at night b… Read More
2012-09-11 12:35
WednesdayPottering out of bed this morning, the ritual of tea, papers, prayers &c. begins as normal until a text reminds me I was supposed to be in Kensington Gardens with my running bud… Read More
2012-09-11 12:32
ThursdayThe phone is ringing and I wake up at 8.45am, Roaring returning the favour of last night's call. It's just as well though otherwise I might never have woken. The entire morning is ou… Read More
2012-09-11 12:29
FridayI’m not sure whether I managed to sleep through four alarms involving light, radio, annoying tunes and beeping, or if there was a strange technological black-out across W2, or if… Read More
2012-09-11 12:28
SaturdayNo one can imagine meeting the entire family Roaring all at once. It's like suddenly finding yourself in the Spice Girls movie, but they're clever. (Disclaimer: the Spice Girls may b… Read More
2012-07-19 23:12
I watched a show last night called Tell Me You Love Me. I’d just watched Forgetting Sarah Marshall and on failing to locate my Get Him to the Greek Dvd a friend and I opted to watch a… Read More
2012-06-22 11:45
Human rights activists and clothes manufacturers geared up for a huge increase in demand this week as government ministers look set to push through the legalization of clothing made from mix… Read More
2012-05-25 14:40
Twelve (TWELVE!) years after Spinning Around, Kylie has slipped into another pair of very short shorts for 'Timebomb': Kylie makes me very, very happy Read More
2012-05-14 23:53
Are you bad at saying "No"?Are you this girl?Well, if people have been making you do shit, you are doing finals, or finishing off a very large essay as I have been, maybe you should listen t… Read More
2012-05-09 16:07
It's just a thought. But I was thinking about how Lord Sugar made his money with the Amstrad Spectrum, and suddenly I heard a voice balling, "I invented the Amstrad Spectrum. I INVENTED IT!… Read More
2012-04-06 18:03
Ok - so I haven't done so well in writing reviews of my favourite 40 books in Lent. 13 is a little disappointing - in fact at 31% it is pretty much 'unclassified'. I blame Roaring who has… Read More
2012-04-03 12:51
The novel most people think of when they hear the name Jeanette Winterson is Oranges are not the Only Fruit. Usually you hear the word 'auto-biographical' in some relation to it and of cour… Read More
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