by Andy Roland | Mar 11, 2024 | Jesus, Post-modern times, Religion
MY WRITING LIFE FEBRUARY 2024 Spring in Earls Court Or not! Because frankly my February had a LOT of church stuff, plus struggling with marketing and very little writing. CHURCH I definitely got my dog collar out of mothballs this month. This was for two Sunday...
by Andy Roland | Jun 19, 2023 | Newsletter, Post-modern times, Religion
WHERE AND WHEN From Wednesday 7th June to Sunday 10th 2023 the ancient imperial city of Nürnberg/Nuremberg welcomed 100,000 people of all ages to the great biennial Protestant church festival. Kirchentag means Church Day or Church Conference. This was my...
by Andy Roland | Feb 20, 2023 | Post-modern times, Religion
CRISIS? WHAT CRISIS THE NUMBERS GAME ‘ The Lobster If you want to cook a live lobster, it’s important not to throw it into boiling water. It will then struggle desperately to escape. You put it into a pan of cold water and slowly increase the heat. The...
by Andy Roland | Jan 20, 2023 | Easter, Jesus, Post-modern times, Religion
THE PSYCHIC REALM From ghoulies and ghosties and long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night, Good Lord deliver us. (Traditional Scottish prayer) As we think about death and what if anything might come after we need neither blind belief nor blind...
by Andy Roland | Nov 20, 2022 | Bible, Post-modern times, Religion
THE DILEMMA The British comedy duo Pete and Dud (Peter Cook and Dudley Moore) once had a discussion over the question of other religions. Dud explained the problem: “You might be a perfickly good Buddhist and believe in Buddha and all that, and when you get to...
by Andy Roland | Mar 17, 2022 | Bible, Jesus, Post-modern times
THE GOOD MAN JESUS AND THE SCOUNDREL CHRIST In 2010 Philip Pullman published his novel about Jesus. The original back cover had the sublimely simple message “This is a story.” The novel is a strange mixture of complete imagination and biblical accuracy. ...
