Who or What is God?

Lecture at Engaging Issues November 2013 As you can see from my title, I like to ask simple questions. But in this case, deceptively simple, because of that three-letter word G-O-D. Who or what is God? Where do we start to look for an answer? It’s all very well saying “ I wouldn’t start from […]

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Jesus and Buddha

Engaging Issues lecture January 2013 Jesus and Buddha: Crossing Religious Boundaries. That’s the title of my talk. But there’s something not quite right about it and some of you may have spotted what it is, and I’ll come to it in a minute. Any title is a bit like a newspaper headline. It tends to […]

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GOD IS ….

Article in Stretton Focus, June 2018 My title is an unfinished sentence. It must always be so, because the word GOD stands for a mystery beyond reach of words: beyond reach of our finite minds. Nevertheless it is a word which is widely (if not wisely!) used. Whoever uses it should realise that they are […]

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What time is it ?

Article in Stretton Focus, January 2017 At the beginning of a New Year, we might become more aware of time’s winged chariot hurrying near. Time is passing, because that’s what time does – too quickly for some us! There is a time to be born and a time to die and in between is the […]

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