‘Hineni, Hineni, I’m ready my Lord’

Leonard Cohen’s final album,’You want it darker’ was released on his 82nd birthday shortly before his death last year. The title song contains the refrain, ‘Hineni, Hineni, I’m ready my Lord’. It is a dark song, but the Hebrew words, ‘Hineni, Hineni’ aren’t dark…

James Martin ‘In Good Company:

The fast track from the corporate world to poverty, chastity and obedience’ *

Humpty Trumpty and the Call to be a Loser

So, it happened. And Donald Trump is the President of the United States. His inaugural…

Pottery and Pilgrimage — a reflection on vocation

How beautiful it is, that eye-on-the-object look.

Watching television this Christmas I saw James May reassemble his 1971 Flying Scotsman Hornby model train set. He was completely absorbed in his task despite the tight configuration of television cameras around his table. Quietly chatting to…

Medics and Ordinands

Over the years various medical friends have described their job as a vocation. At the moment we have several ordinands who…

Resurrection Politics

It’s been a busy week, and we all know that a week is a long time in politics. Between the US and North Korea and the…

One Love

My friend messaged me this morning saying she felt like going into hibernation. The news, the weather, the state of the world in general —…

When it comes to American Presidents, you can’t trump Lincoln

It’s a bit hard to know where to start reflecting on the inauguration of Donald Trump as the 45th President of the United States. The internet is not short of commentary and analysis on how we got here, what it means and…