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Nurse Ratched vs Fred Rogers: Order without peace
(10 minute read) Jeff Nottingham sees echoes of his good and bad parenting approaches in two characters from US culture - the admirable Fred Rogers and the scary Nurse Ratched.
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Easter hope in a time of pandemic
(5 minute read) In his latest reflection on self-isolation, Richard Bauckham argues that we must dig deeper to discover the true nature of hope in the midst of this pandemic.
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The Colours of COVID
(4 minute read) Sasha Perugini takes a deep breath, and reflects on how we will remember this period of lockdown, and what lessons we might learn from it.
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Life – and death – in the world’s Coronavirus capital
(5 minute read) Barbara Zappa, a high school teacher from Bergamo, offers a searing insight into life inside the world’s most severe hotspot of coronavirus
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Three lessons from a city under siege
(3 minute read) Ronnie Convery draws lessons from his parents on how to confront coronavirus.
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Five ways to lose weight in Lent
(3 minute read) Joseph Evans argues that Lent has a meaning for believers and non-believers alike.
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Middle-Eastern woman goes on frankfurter frenzy
(7 minute read) The challenges and pitfalls of starting a new family life in Germany give Glose plenty of reasons to laugh - and cry. (Part three of the series “A mum on the move”)
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The life and soul of salmon
(8 minute read) Jonny Parreno journeys from the supermarket counter to the moon in the company of the simple salmon, and uncovers great pearls of wisdom along the way
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Closing the Circle: Travelling with ‘The Railway Man’
Kevin Murphy recalls a meeting with Eric Lomax, one of the real-life survivors of the construction of the infamous bridge over the River Kwai. Lomax wrote about his experiences in the acclaimed book The Railway Man, published 25 years ago this year.
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Retreating to victory, and how silence takes us forward
In this second article in his Travelling where I am series, Joseph Evans explores silence’s hidden power and how it is necessary to make any journey meaningful.
