Full moon over London
London gleams in the dark as the seconds tick towards midnight.
A midnight wish from London
Monthly Archives: January 2013
Interview with former archdeacon on life, his new parish and the Church
The Venerable Adrian Harbidge – A fascination with timeworn pewter tankards has never left him
The volcano was ‘incredible’ but the sermon was ‘rubbish’ – the sermon, given at sea, ten miles south of Las Palmas, was the first the Venerable Adrian Harbidge ever gave.
Now in his mid-sixties, and some forty years on from his first sermon, he and his wife are the occupants of The Rectory in Seale, Surrey.
Privacy and the meaning of ‘me’
Privacy … and the Garden of Eden
The question of privacy is a disturbing one, one that takes us right back to the Garden of Eden.
The need for privacy is an adult concept. It comes with the awareness of sin and evil – our own, which we know about and wish to hide – and that of others which we thrill to see laid bare, and yet expect to be protected from. It is the same for all of us.
The Phraser 