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Happiness
(A chapter in my forthcoming book Questions and Responses: the toughest questions I’ve ever been asked). + A young friend had a baby out of wedlock, and when he was born the hospital didn’t let her see him. She had been persuaded to surrender him for adoption. The one-night encounter with a dark-skinned Asian student gave […]
C S Lewis in Time September 8, 1947
The lecturer, a short, thickset man with a ruddy face and a big voice, was coming to the end of his talk. Gathering up his notes and books, he tucked his hornrimmed spectacles into the pocket of his tweed jacket and picked up his mortarboard. Still talkingâ€â€to the accompaniment of occasional appreciative laughs and squeals […]
C S Lewis in Time (September 8, 1947)
The lecturer, a short, thickset man with a ruddy face and a big voice, was coming to the end of his talk. Gathering up his notes and books, he tucked his hornrimmed spectacles into the pocket of his tweed jacket and picked up his mortarboard. Still talkingâ€â€to the accompaniment of occasional appreciative laughs and […]
Writers and editors: a resource
Interesting idea/resource… Christian Article Registry Depository – (C.A.R.D.) – a unique research site for Christian writers and editors Christian Today Wednesday, November 5, 2014, 14:11 (AEDT) Christian Article Registry Depository (C.A.R.D.) - a unique research site for Christian writers and editors  Many Christian leaders are avid readers of Christian news media from the four […]
To Kill a Mockingbird: most beloved novel of the 20th century
Mockingbird takes flight for a new generation Date: July 04 2014 Neil McMahon “Miss Jean Louise, stand up. Your father’s passin.†Moments memorable and profound abound in To Kill A Mockingbird, but this one lingers for many: the young narrator Scout urged to stand for her defeated but heroic father in a courtroom of the American south, […]
Mental Illness – a brilliant list of books
The Madness of Mental Illness, Explored Through Books by Beth Carswell  A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar There’s a line I love from the short story Eleonora by Edgar Allan Poe. It’s about madness. And who better than the macabre mind who brought us such gibbering, eye-shivering tales of horror as The Telltale Heart and The Pit and the Pendulum to […]
Towards a Healthy Life-style
(Draft for one of the chapters in my forthcoming book Q&R) Note: Diet and other life-style issues ought to be modified to suit certain medical conditions. Be guided by the experts in tailoring the following to your special needs. These are my priorities. You’ll have your own. Perhaps start with these, and give yourself a […]
PIECES OF ETERNITY (Michael Jensen)
PIECES OF ETERNITY Michael P. Jensen, Pieces of Eternity, Acorn Press, 2013. One of the advantages of semi-retirement is that when an interesting book sent by a publisher or author for review arrives in the mail I can sometimes put everything else aside and read it in one sitting (or reclining, in bed). That happened […]
Q&R Foreword, Introduction, Contents, Chapter One: Good & Evil
QUESTIONS AND RESPONSES FOREWORD When someone makes an appointment to see me, a ‘generalist’ pastoral counselor, what do we talk about? Short answer: anything at all that’s important for them. Within the first five minutes I invite my parishioner/client to ‘give me a headline or two’. And, then, mostly, we jump into the deep end. […]
QUESTIONS & RESPONSES: My new (2014) book/blog
QUESTIONS & RESPONSES: the toughest questions I’ve ever been asked, and some responses Update (10 August 2014): Mosaic Press, with whom I had a contract to submit the total manuscript by October 2014, has gone into liquidation. Sad, that: however the pressure to write (which had often got me up in the ‘small hours’) is […]
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