maggi dawn

straw man

Read Nick Spencer on Richard Dawkins here

science and faith

We're having a series of evening sessions this term looking at issues that matter to Christians. The objective is to make it as accessible for those who don't have faith but are interested, as it is for those who do have faith and want to think through the issues.

I have various different people coming along to present a starting point for each discussion. One of them is a computer scientist, very brainy and well-read, who thinks at 90 miles an hour. He has a much more interesting and well-thought out view than angry-atheist Richard Dawkins on the way in which science and faith interact; the way in which each poses a challenge and sometimes a threat to the other, and how to negotiate faith honestly in the light of it. I'm really looking forward to it. 

Amusing ourselves to death

There's a new blog I've noticed that gives a good precis of Postman on the telly, and connects up his ideas rather well with the recent TV series The Monastery. Go read.

what's it worth?

I'll be dashing back from evensong-drinks-dinner tonight to catch the last episode of the wonderful monks of Worth and their visitors. My money's on the blond one. Meet God? I think he just might...

well WORTH it...

so amazingly, for a 99% non-TV-watching person, two TV posts in a row.  (I don't avoid TV on principle - I think it's a jolly good invention - just too busy doing other stuff to get round to it very often)

tonight, I shall watch part 2 of The Monastery (or "The Monstery" as Sarah delightfully calls it!!). Who will find God? Who will get caught listening to their iPod during the Great Silence? And what gems of wisdom will fall from the Abbot's lips tonight?  Don't miss it...