Wolf Hall (by Hilary Mantel) surprised nobody by taking out the Booker Prize last week. I've been reading it over the last month and finally knocked it on the head yesterday. So, I was reading it while the Booker committee deliberated. I like to think that this might have affected them in some small way...… Continue reading Review: Wolf Hall
Murray Bail makes me fall in love with reading again. I picked up his newest novel, The Pages, yesterday - bought it on the basis of his name and the blurb on the back. No one writes Australia like Bail, his description of driving along Parramatta road in the first chapter alone is enough reason… Continue reading Murray Bail – The Pages
I know for certain that God teaches me, because I have experienced it: and to prevent misunderstanding, this is what I mean when I say that I know for certain that God teaches me. When I was younger, I gave myself overmuch to human teaching, like others of my day, and when about seven or… Continue reading Reading with Zwingli
You may not be one for gazing adoringly at your own belly-button lint... ...but if Philosophy is your thing and you are interested in thinking through how Christians can engage with our culture about sex and sexuality, then its well worth getting to know Michel Foucault. French, Post-Modern, Gay, Bracingly Bald. Ready to just reach… Continue reading History of Sexuality
