Road Signs and Interpretive Response
“It’s really distressing, every morning I read about the latest bombing, protest, attack, or poverty stricken area… What do you Christians make of it?” asked my neighbour Jack while flipping […]
Tag Archives: life
Life is Not a Race
Winning in the Olympics is just too easy. Or at least too easy to spot, corrects my envied self. What I mean is that I’ve always envied the clarity of […]
The Chaos Waiting Around the Corner
I have a confession to make: I am deeply afraid of the chaos that lingers at our doorstep, the chaos that rips into our mundane lives, forever marking a particular […]
Gauguin’s Blue
In 1891 Paul Gauguin sailed for Tahiti, in search of a civilization purer than his native France, and in 1897, after a month of feverish work, he completed his most […]
Really Perfect
“Have no fear of perfection,” said Salvador Dali, “you’ll never reach it.” Three weeks into 2014, I’m quite sure he’s right. Old habits die hard. New resolutions fall flat. We […]
He Died to Save Us
It was meant to be a happy family day. It ended up being an unforgettably tragic one. Years ago, some of my wife Ana’s relatives decided to spend a day […]
Mandela’s Surprising Legacy
Today the world woke up to the news that a great leader no longer is, Nelson Mandela. I post here an extra article to remember him, an excerpt from my […]
Why you need the new iPhone now!
Walking through Westfield—an enormous West London shopping mall—on a recent Wednesday, I noticed a queue of people outside the Apple store, complete with security guards monitoring the store’s inflow and […]
A Small But Tenacious Flame
To be a person of faith is to be well-acquainted with waiting. It is to be well-practiced in living in the in-between time of the world as it is and […]
Reflections on my 30th birthday
Birthdays, at least for me, are usually bittersweet. There is the joy of having your own day, of allowing yourself a treat or two. There are the kind words and […]
Wondering Fair 