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Eudaimonia – Say, What?
Why is it that some words seem to crop up over and over, so worn out from overuse that I sometimes wish they would disappear from the English language? Other words, perfectly marvelous, amazing words, are so seldom used that when…
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Bread and Porridge
As a child, I had a very old book of stories that was handed down from my family, the cover of which was shaped like the trunk of a tall and narrow tree, The Tall Book of Nursery Tales1. Inside were…
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A Stalk of Celery
Today I’m thinking about transformation, not that sudden transformation like what happened to the Apostle Paul as he walked from Jerusalem towards Damascus (See Acts 9), but a continuous transformation that grows more gradually. As I explored the idea of change,…
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Mind the Gap
The signs are everywhere in the London Underground. They pop up at every tube station– that ubiquitous and efficient message to Mind the Gap between the edge of the platform and the doorway to the train. The phrase has become a…
