The awesome power that is TA
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If anyone doubts the awesome power of Thinking Anglicans, then just look what happens to modest little one-man blog operations following a mention in Thinking Anglicans: Ozymandias, thy name is Sarmiento!
Monthly Archives: February 2009
My favourite American town?
It has to be Pasadena… My favourite American institute of higher education? It has to be Caltech… Why? Because last night, following my appearance on Thinking Anglicans, someone with an IP address belonging to Caltech (yes, you know who you … Continue reading
KGH: Memento Mori II
Today, 27 February, is, of course, the feast day of George Herbert, priest, poet, who died this day in 1633. King of glory, King of peace, who called your servant George Herbert from the pursuit of worldly honours to be … Continue reading
Sir Fred Goodwin still doesn’t get it
I accept responsibility for that which I was responsible for, and recognise that my actions must be consistent with this.1 Hmm… To which… I’ll see you one self-righteousness and raise you Matthew 23:16-22 The full text of Sir Fred Goodwin’s … Continue reading
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Circles of Thorns in Lent
Although Circles of Thorns was not written as a Lent book, it has ended up being published as the Mowbrays Lent book for 2009, and the five “circles” of the book’s examination of Christ Mocked by Hieronymus Bosch can be … Continue reading
Living as if you were French
Joe Queenan on the French: They’re rude, they’re haughty, they talk too much about movies, they think they’re better than everyone else. That is, in fact, the way I try to live my life. Yep. Seems like a life-philosophy to … Continue reading
The crisis of credit
Ronald Reagan said that “A recession is when your neighbour loses his job. A depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his.” The reasons why you are losing your job, or your neighbour is … Continue reading
3MT : Empty Reputations
What happens when the laws of notoriety clash with the terminal illness of a young woman? We see the way in which we live in a potemkin society.
3MT : Eating at another’s table
Atheists are self-invited guests at the dinner table, and the only reason they don’t realise it is because they don’t know history.