Philosophy

Red Tape

21st July 2019 Going Postal 23956 Comments

As some of you may remember my Mother died back at the end of March. She was nearly 100 so it was not really unexpected but when it did happen it was not helped by [more…]

From Draft to Bookshop – A Journey

5th July 2019 Colin Cross 3280 Comments

Almost two years ago this weekend my wife and I, rather nervously, drove into a small Devon village on our way to visit a family that I had only met through Going Postal but who [more…]

Ezekiel the Mystical Prophet Part 2 – the Vision of the Valley of Dry Bones

28th April 2019 1642again 2426 Comments

I wrote these articles at the prompting of Goodnight Vienna who became very interested in the Old Testament prophets at the end of her life, and the pair on Ezekiel were the last ones she [more…]

Ezekiel – The Mystical Prophet Part 1

21st April 2019 1642again 2215 Comments

The Old Testament prophet Ezekiel is regarded as one of the three major prophetic books of the Old Testament, behind Isaiah and Jeremiah. After a period in the middle 20th century when scholars tended to [more…]

Emmet Dalton and the raid on Mountjoy Prison

2nd April 2019 Going Postal 5637 Comments

This is a story about one of the rebels against British rule over Ireland and about one incident in that rebellion in the early 20th century. Emmet Dalton was born in the United States in [more…]

Moses Gives a Warning

10th March 2019 Jonathon Davies 2637 Comments

I was reading my bible before bed the other day (I know, I’m a wild man) when I came across a few passages in Deuteronomy which caught my eye. Deuteronomy is the book where Moses [more…]

Was Jesus a Refugee?

6th January 2019 Jonathon Davies 3764 Comments

Over the Christmas holidays I heard many references to Jesus being a refugee. This happens most years, but this year it was given extra credence by the number of migrants trying to cross the Channel [more…]

Why Then? Why There? The First Coming of the Messiah

30th December 2018 1642again 1860 Comments

We are at the end of Advent, the Christian season that looks forward to Christ’s nativity. Today I am not going to tell you what you most probably already know about Advent, its significance and [more…]