A viral meme made me laugh a couple of days ago. Some rather disgruntled guy was saying, “Every time something…
Something spiritual is happening this Easter. Christ is risen, indeed. But so is Christianity around the world, despite the best…
Welcome to the holiest week of the year. Holy Week begins with Palm Sunday. In the Roman Catholic Church, as…
To the uninitiated, Tenebrae looks like some ancient cultish ritual. Surpliced clergy and choristers line up on opposing sides of…
I am writing on Holy Tuesday. A couple of houses away, the drummers for the processions of my village, in…
“Tis the times’ plague, when madmen lead the blind.” William Shakespeare, King Lear Last Friday marked the 250th anniversary of the…
Christ has been painted and sculpted by the greatest artists in the world, each in their own way, guided by…
Easter for faithful Christians is not about bunnies and the bloom of spring. It is about the resurrection of Jesus…
Many years ago, during a late-night walk through Oxford’s beautiful Botanical Gardens, two men discussed whether the life and death…
