The Edinburgh International Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe are concluding for another year. It is definitely a global event dedicated to the arts – think music, drama, comedy, poetry, dance, circus, opera, film, and more. The Fringe has had controversy with cancelling a…
I am more nervous about making ANZAC biscuits than I am about making a pavlova. The reason is simple. I have made far more pavlovas than ANZAC biscuits! I could make a pav from memory if required (though, truth be told, I still check…
She rolled her eyes a little and sighed with a smile. ‘Yes, you get used to it!’ I had met her twice at the Convention but when it came time to introduce her to the President of the Lutheran Church of the Philippines, I…
“This not a British accent” quickly became my opening line whenever I met new people at the LCMS General Convention. I said this most often in the Exhibition Hall at the Convention with its many stands from the seminaries, colleges, building and insurance groups,…
We are used to seeing people in their usual surroundings – at work, at school, at church, in the shops, in uniform, and so on. So it is not uncommon for people to ‘readjust’ when they see a person ‘out of place’ – in…
“As an older man, can I ask you a question about men?” I was outdoors at a pub with Pastor Jon Ehlers in Cambridge having a meal. We had been working on the Central Office move and sorting and discarding decades-old files. There is…
The face of the Christian Church – even though we confess in the Nicene Creed that it is one, holy, catholic (meaning universal), and apostolic – is marked today by multiplicity and diversity. One image of the past 2,000 years is that of a…
I heard an unusual noise in the house and didn’t think much of it. I assumed that the mail had been delivered. I kept working. I had a full day ahead of me and I knew when I had to be where and what…
Congratulations! You’re the 50th person exiting passport control at Heathrow, would you mind taking a survey? The lady was wearing a name tag from the Office of National Statistics. I was with the Chairman of Luther-Tyndale, Dr Jung Wing Wan – he was apparently…
We are still ‘pandemic sensitive’ I think. We are more used to masks than ever before and will wear them more often now. (I still carry some with me on my travels.) Perhaps we still wash our hands that bit extra or more often….
