• The Poppy Appeal: State Militarism in Fancy Dress

    The Poppy Appeal: State Militarism in Fancy Dress

    I nearly joined the army once.  I was a teenager, a young school leaver, with little to show for my years eking out a miserable existence in a place that didn’t want me.  I joined a college course, completely unsuitable for me, and eventually left when my anti-authoritarian streak reared its ruinous head.  The course…

  • Poverty and Privilege

    Poverty and Privilege

    Walking the Camino is a privilege.  We often use such words flippantly, even if we are showing gratitude, but what does it really mean for something to be a privilege?  For the last five weeks I’ve been working this through my head.  I am someone who has, at least in relative terms, known both sides…

  • A Reflection on Acts 2:42-47

    They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers. Awe came upon everyone, because many wonders and signs were being done by the apostles. All who believed were together and had all things in common; they would sell their possessions and goods and distribute the proceeds to…

  • Being Working Class in the Church

    Being Working Class in the Church

    Why aren’t working-class people going to church, and what can we do about it?