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This is the last part of my ongoing series exploring the letter written by St Polycarp to the church in Philippi, collaborating with my friend Adsum Try Ravenhill of the Raven’s Writing Desk. You can read the previous parts at these links: I; II; III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII. Dear Adsum And in turn, I write my final letter to you.… Continue reading Final Words: Polycarp XIV
This is the next part of my ongoing series exploring the letter written by St Polycarp to the church in Philippi, collaborating with my friend Adsum Try Ravenhill of the Raven’s Writing Desk. You can read the previous parts at these links: I; II; III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI. Dear Adsum Thank you for your last letter, sobering though it… Continue reading Learning to be Angry Well: Polycarp XII
This is the next part of my ongoing series exploring the letter written by St Polycarp to the church in Philippi, collaborating with my friend Adsum Try Ravenhill of the Raven’s Writing Desk. You can read the previous parts at these links: I; II; III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX. Dear Adsum Thank you for your last letter, particularly your guidance to… Continue reading Stand Fast: Polycarp X
This is the next part of my ongoing series exploring the letter written by St Polycarp to the church in Philippi, collaborating with my friend Adsum Try Ravenhill of the Raven’s Writing Desk. You can read the previous parts at these links: I; II; III, IV, V, VI, VII. Dear Adsum Thank you for your last letter. Your strong encouragement to… Continue reading Hold on to Hope: Polycarp VIII
This is the next part of my ongoing series exploring the letter written by St Polycarp to the church in Philippi, collaborating with my friend Adsum Try Ravenhill of the Raven’s Writing Desk. You can read the previous parts at these links: I; II; III, IV, V. Dear Adsum You are in my prayers; I know things have been… Continue reading 5 Instructions for Elders: Polycarp VI
This is the next part of my ongoing series exploring the letter written by St Polycarp to the church in Philippi, collaborating with my friend Adsum Try Ravenhill of the Raven's Writing Desk. You can read the previous parts at these links: I; II; III. Dear Adsum Thank you for your letter. You are kinder… Continue reading Money, Chastity, and Authority: Polycarp IV
This is the second part in an ongoing series where I’m collaborating with my friend Adsum Try Ravenhill to blog through St Polycarp’s Epistle to the Philippians by writing each other letters. You can read the first part on Adsum’s blog here. Dear Adsum Thank you for your letter and for suggesting this little endeavour… Continue reading Prepare for Action: Polycarp part 2
Some time last century Nietzsche killed God, or reported on our murder of the divine, anyway. As the trends and forces which made him declare that God was dead accelerated we have systematically done the same to each authority figure we encountered, in diminishing scales of authority like repeatedly smashing Russian dolls, until they are… Continue reading Killing the Schoolmaster
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