Postcards from Palookaville

It seems it might be helpful to clarify my earlier reference to preachers merely setting up virtual equivalents of themselves to carry the church into the indefinite future. Nobody, as far as I know, has yet made the suggestion - although I do not tend to hang around in circles where such is likely...

It seems it might be helpful to clarify my earlier reference to preachers merely setting up virtual equivalents of themselves to carry the church into the indefinite future. Nobody, as far as I know, has yet made the suggestion - although I do not tend to hang around in circles where such is likely...

Here is a fascinating interview with Jaron Lanier, web-insider who is now doing the Winston Smith thing. I was particularly impressed by this paragraph: Lanier has another problem with the techno-utopians, though. It's not just that they've crashed the economy, but that they've made a joke out of...

Here is a fascinating interview with Jaron Lanier, web-insider who is now doing the Winston Smith thing. I was particularly impressed by this paragraph: Lanier has another problem with the techno-utopians, though. It's not just that they've crashed the economy, but that they've made a joke out of...

This video has been doing the rounds over the last few days. It is difficult to tell if it is ironic or not; though 'American Christian feminists' makes me think the (male) Catholic priests who during my youth flooded into Cheltenham each year for Gold Cup Week would have considered placing a...

This video has been doing the rounds over the last few days. It is difficult to tell if it is ironic or not; though 'American Christian feminists' makes me think the (male) Catholic priests who during my youth flooded into Cheltenham each year for Gold Cup Week would have considered placing a...

The latest edition of Ordained Servant , the Orthodox Presbyterian Church's journal for officebearers is online. Of particular interest is T. David Gordon's review of Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other by M.I.T.professor, Sherry Turkle.

The latest edition of Ordained Servant , the Orthodox Presbyterian Church's journal for officebearers is online. Of particular interest is T. David Gordon's review of Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other by M.I.T.professor, Sherry Turkle.

It was good to be a middle aged has-been (or, perhaps more accurately, 'never-was') this Christmas. While I poured myself a brandy and listened at leisure to the long-awaited Celebration Day and Mark Knopfler's new album, Privateering , I took some perverse satisfaction from the thought that...

It was good to be a middle aged has-been (or, perhaps more accurately, 'never-was') this Christmas. While I poured myself a brandy and listened at leisure to the long-awaited Celebration Day and Mark Knopfler's new album, Privateering , I took some perverse satisfaction from the thought that...