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Children in the Way? 4 Nov 2011 | 09:08 am
As a writer, people often say to me, ‘Hey Alan, I’ve got a great idea for a book.’ I’m sorry to say that, most of the time they don’t However, a couple of years ago, my friend Carrie Kingston broke t...
The Importance of Listening 20 Oct 2011 | 06:33 am
Last year I was asked to contribute the lead essay for the book, Developing Ears to Hear. To quote the cover blurb, ‘This is a book about listening. It is about active, engaged listening which discove...
Steve Jobs 1955-2011 6 Oct 2011 | 10:47 pm
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Allotment Atonement – Greenbelt 2011 7 Jul 2011 | 04:10 am
I’m heading off to Greenbelt again this year to hook up with friends old and new and to do a little contributing in the Abide venue on Friday night (9.00pm). Below is the blurb I sent Greenbelt . . . ...
Get Happiness Here? 28 Nov 2010 | 09:57 am
I read with interest the recent news that the coalition government intend to measure our happiness and discover the GWB (General Wellbeing) of the UK (Read here: BBC Website and here BBC: Website). Of...
You Have to Listen to This! 9 Nov 2010 | 11:22 pm
This morning on BBC Radio 4, I listened to one of the most moving, fascinating, inspiring, challenging, life-affirming stories about faith that I think I have ever heard. So moving it has made me brea...
The Future of Food 10 Aug 2009 | 07:15 am
I read with interest in today’s Independent on Sunday that tomorrow the UK Government intends to set out its plans to meet the UN’s food production targets for 2050. It would appear that as well as i...
The Last Post – R.I.P Harry 7 Aug 2009 | 08:20 am
The Five Acts of Harry Patch ‘The Last Fighting Tommy’ by Andrew Motion I. A curve is a straight line caught bending and this one runs under the kitchen window where the bright eyes of your mum ...
Joined-Up Thinking 4 Aug 2009 | 04:11 am
Following on from the post below - Not Thinking, Just Critical – it’s worth taking a view of the recent edition of Big Questions on BBC iplayer, which had a good discussion as to whether atheism is an...
Not Thinking – Just Critical 29 Jul 2009 | 11:19 pm
Given that I live in the West country, and that I have a (totally irrational, intuitive, experiential but it works for me, critically engaged, don’t buy into everything I’ve been told, non-fundamental...
