When I started blogging, way back around 2006, I formed a habit of sharing the thoughts and experiences that bubbled up from my professional life and my walk through this strange landscape we call “real life”. Somewhere along the way, I lost that original path and allowed myself to become immersed in my hobby of … Read More →
As many friends will know, I am about to start a new teaching role at a Church of England secondary school. I suppose it’s not surprising that, having been given the role, one of my new colleagues asked me why it was that I had converted to Orthodox Christianity. My answer was brief, something about … Read More →
Over the past couple of weeks several friends and acquaintances have asked a variation on one of two questions: “When are you coming back to church?” and “Are you still preaching?” The first question is linked to my roots in Protestant Christian circles, most recently as a member of the Methodist tradition. The second question … Read More →
About once a year I find myself involved in a conversation with another person in which they explain to me their reasons for rejecting what they generally term, “religion”. During the conversation, however, my questioning curiosity will begin to uncover their underlying spirituality, whether or not they are prepared to acknowledge this as a real and … Read More →
