From the days when I studied Greek at school, I seem to remember that at the beginning of The History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides states that the true cause of the war was the growing… Read more: A personal tech revolution

Twice in my teens I had the experience of hearing music – vinyl in those days – which opened doors into new sonic worlds. Now, half a century later, it has just happened for the third… Read more: Musical epiphanies

I’ve made no new posts now for over a week. The reason is that I have had flu. However, like many minor setbacks of this kind, even a week of temperatures, coughs, and splutters has brought… Read more: The Primal Vision

I chose the name Chaplain’s Blog instinctively, and at first it seemed merely functional. That, after all, is what it is: I’m a chaplain, and I’m writing a blog. Why, one might wonder, am I chaplain,… Read more: What’s in a name?

Good Friday invites us to pause at the foot of the cross, not as spectators but as participants in a mystery that redefines both life and death. The cross is not merely a historical event; it… Read more: Holy Week: The Cross as Window and Mirror

This is the first of two reflections in, and for, Holy Week, both of which are adapted from my notes on Neville Ward’s Five for Sorrow, Ten for Joy; his writings on the mysteries of the… Read more: Holy Week: The Agony in the Garden

I came across the following in quoted in Morgan & Gregory’s book, The God You Already Know, pp.82-84 “On one level blogging is a way of conveying information: items of news, links to other websites. On… Read more: Blogging as prayer

When I was training for the priesthood—a course I began ten years ago—a statistic was thrown around concerning how little time the contemporary Church of England priest spends in prayer: 18 minutes a day was the… Read more: Why the blog?

Yesterday, somewhat on an whim, I started this blog. Today, I want to talk about my intentions. Who knows, maybe soon I’ll be able to te!l you you I’m doing it. So what am I hoping… Read more: The what if not the why.

Today offers itself as a fitting occasion to begin a new blog, and I would like to begin with the homily (i.e. a very short sermon) which I preached this morning for the Feast of the… Read more: The Feast of the Annunciation