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  • The Mystery of the £1.09 Christmas Card

    I’ll be honest with you: I like the Royal Mail. Despite its flaws – and they are manifold – I think it’s one of the services left in the UK which is actually pretty good. Whenever I order a parcel, I’m always pleased if I find that it’s being delivered by the Royal Mail (unlike…

  • Happy New Year

    Clouds over the Colne at Wivenhoe, a photo by phillsacre on Flickr. A very happy new year to all my blog readers! Term started at Oak Hill today, my classes start tomorrow, so expect normal service to resume (i..e, long gaps punctuated by sporadic theological reflections and the occasional ‘still alive’ update). The photo was…

  • Review: ‘Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert’

    A week or so before Christmas, I read Carl Trueman’s review of Rosaria Champagne Butterfield’s book, “The Secret Thoughts of an Unlikely Convert“. I was so impressed by the review that I decided to buy the book (Kindle edition – even though I don’t have a Kindle. I know, I’m mad! I read it using…

  • Happy Christmas

    I did say a few days ago I’d try and post again before Christmas. I was planning to write something intelligent and profound, but – well, actually, given it’s me you may be waiting a long time for that! I just wanted to post up a quick “Happy Christmas” to you. At our carol service…

  • Christmas shenanigans

    I like the word “shenanigans”… I should try and use it more often. Oh, sorry, I was writing a blog post, wasn’t I? Aaaaanyway. Last weekend we packed up our bags and went to Colchester (and then, a few days later, we packed up our bags and came back). We hadn’t been up to see…

  • Toynbee Strikes Again

    I don’t usually write about such things on this blog, but this article by Polly Toynbee has got me quite annoyed. Her article is full of misinformation and slightly odd logic (something she’s been guilty of before, but we’ll leave that for the time being). It baffles me how someone who is so vitriolic can…

  • Merlin vs God

    Have you been watching the BBC Series ‘Merlin’? Mrs Phil and I have been watching it virtually since the beginning, and very much enjoy it. It’s silly, it’s a bit of fun, but it has some great moments in it. Obviously the programme has its flaws… as someone pointed out the other day, for a…

  • An Advent Prayer

    This is one of my favourite collects (set prayers), a prayer for advent by Richard Baxter (apparently written in 1691): Keep us, O Lord, while we tarry on this earth, in a serious seeking after you, and in an affectionate walking with you, every day of our lives; that when you come, we may be…

  • Keane and the end of term

    It’s been a busy couple of weeks for us: last week (24th November) we went to see Mark Watson at the St Albans Arena. This weekend (30th Nov), we went to see Keane at the O2. Mark Watson was very funny – it was our third time seeing him live (well, fourth if you count…

  • No More Page 3 and ‘Rape Culture’

    I haven’t blogged about this before now, so firstly: if you haven’t seen the No More Page 3 campaign, I do encourage you to have a look and sign the petition if you agree. Frankly I think Page 3 is a dinosaur – a relic of a bygone age which should have been gone long…