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Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends (John 15.13) WFM: DAY 10. 8.30 am: A communion. 9.00 am: The remainder of…

Splendid isolation is the term used at the time for the 19th-century British diplomatic practice of avoiding permanent alliances, particularly under the governments of Lord Salisbury between 1885 and 1902 (Wikipedia). WFH: DAY…

When the flood calls, You have no home, you have no walls.In the thunder crash,You’re a thousand minds, within a flash (Peter Gabriel, ‘Here Comes the Flood’ (1977)). WFH: DAY…

‘How can this be?’ (Luke 1.34) WFH: DAY 7 (Feast of the Annunciation). 8.15 am: A communion. 9.00 am: Student admin. I read over and updated my Post-its. This a…

WFH: DAY 6. 8.15 am: A communion. Now firmly ensconced at home, a sense of the breath, length, and depth of my life and its operations in the weeks ahead…

And a time to refrain from embracing (Ecclesiastes 3.5) Sunday, March 22 (Mothering Sunday). My mother, Blackpool, 1954: The broadcast from Lambeth Palace was a little self-conscious and starchy. The…

Give us this day our daily bread (Matthew 6.11) That’s to say, bread enough for today. (For I’ll pray again for the same tomorrow.) That’s to say, not someone else’s…

“Covid-19 is Gods’ judgement upon the misuse of apostrophe’s“ WFH: DAY 3. I’m surprised that there aren’t more loveless nut-ball religionists, with an axe to grind against humanity, posting fake…

So important to keep diaries of these dark days not only to reduce our anxieties and settle our nerves but also for the benefit of future historians. Without diarists we…

Love thy neighbour as thyself (Matthew 22.39) WFH: DAY 1. 8.00 am: A communion. 8.30 pm: Working from Home (WFM) is what academic staff do for most of the Summer.…