The Strangest Things...

So this weekend we are having a family holiday. Youth hostelling in the Peak district. A perfect excuse to go to Bakewell for some treats. It does mean that once again I will miss church in Leeds. It is becoming a bad habit, but I will take the opportunity to see if anyone is around at Fulwood. Unfortunately I already know that Lewis isn't going to be there, but I shall see. I believe it may be a bit too cold to go climbing peaks at this time of the year -  it feels freezing at normal altitudes. Apparently there are some caves we can visit which may save us if it rains. I should probably check the forecast actually.On that note... JM

Well as the end of the academic year approaches and people start to drift away from university I find my time is spent less and less in contact with people. No more three CU meetings a week. No more meetings with students. But lots more time for reading. I find I start trying to read a book but nearly always I fid that I have as least half a dozen on the go. Disregarding the Bible; Systematic Theology (W Grudem); and the BAFA Rulebook, I am currently somewhere through: The Parables of Jesus (T Johnson); Faust, Part 1 (J W v Goethe); Just Sex (G Brandon); The Marlinspike Sailor (H G Smith); Aesop's Fables; The Complete Fairy Tales (Grimm); When People are Big and God is Small (E T Welch); God's Big Picture (V Roberts); Teach Yourself French Grammar; and The Life and Death of King John (Shakespeare). I have decided that this is a bit of a problem. I used to be able to get through books very quickly and I think what has changed is a fragmentation of my attention. When I was ...