“It’s all about Jesus” was my working title for a retreat I gave earlier this year. Indeed it is. But … More
Month: July 2019
‘Uncanny Immediacy’- Review of the new Norton Chaucer
The Norton Chaucer, ed. David Lawton, Norton, 2019 Two major Chaucer publications just a few months apart is richness indeed. … More
Myth Busting: Julian of Norwich probably really was called Julian
Like most people, I suppose, when I was first introduced to Julian of Norwich, something I read, or someone I … More
The Art of Preaching- Mewn môr o ryfeddodau: four women on my mind and in my heart
Talk at St Asaph Cathedral, 26th July 2019, St Joachim and Ann Visit of the new statue of Our Lady … More
Undefended Intimacy: reviewing a history of New Wine
First posted 30/05/19. Reposted to coincide with the New Wine United weeks this summer. So sorry not to be able … More
All Shall Be Well: My Mum, Chaucer and Julian
Chaucer: A European Life Marion Turner Princeton University Press, 2019 Marion Turner gives no indication, in this magisterial life of … More
What is a priestly lifestyle? – Gogoneddus Arglwydd, Henffych Well!: talk at St Asaph Cathedral 23/1/18
Originally posted January 2018. Gogoneddus Arglwydd, Henffych Well!: Welcome Glorious Lord. Yn enw’r Tad, A’r Mab. A’r Ysbryd Glân. Amen. … More
The Philokalia and the body in prayer: Jesus Prayer and prostrations
Re-post of an old but popular piece. “Do not neglect prostration. It provides an image of humanity’s fall into sin … More
Reading the Philokalia (2)
One of the most often visited posts on my previous blog is the one on the Philokalia . I thought … More
Rowan Williams on the Philokalia
This talk on the Philokalia by Rowan Williams is superb, of course. Worth listening to many times.