I'm sure everyone will be fascinated to know that I've updated my speech act (words, language, Bible, Supper etc.) bibliography whi...

Dr Garry Williams is fond of quoting Revd Professor O'Donnovan's advice to him: "few books and good". Feeling that there a...

I didn't know that one could sign petitions on the PM's own website like this: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/SexOrientation/ If you w...

My theological correspondent (a non-Christian who asked about the omnipotence of God and my doubts) said he found the problem of evil (almos...

Some interesting discussion in "Conversational Theology" over coffee with SJ & ED these last two days. God's persons are n...

A good sermon in chapel today and lots of interesting things arising from the lectionary juxtaposition of Exodus & Revelation. The Mark ...

I failed to even make (let alone keep) any new year resolutions this year, which feels like a really wasted opportunity. I didn't think ...

My correspondent (who asked about omnipotence) said he finds the problem of evil / innocent suffering pretty insummountable and asked if I e...

Pastors (and potential pastors and interested others), please read Revd Dr David Field's paper, "Not The Least Lash Lost" on ...

I've added just a few new photos on my photos blog (link on the right). There's one of Durham cathedral, a couple from Christmas, on...

I live and "work" at Oak Hill. It is undoubtedly a very word based culture. There is little public art or music, for example, but ...

It is still snowing. Update: 1:30pm - it stopped while I was at lunch. One of those new-fangeled mobile telephone text messages from Mrs Llo...

Revd Dr Michael J Ovey MA(Oxon), BCL, ThM, PhD. All praise and thanks to God for this great good news. The Collect for the week (Sunday just...

Someone asked me in an email, "do you belive God is omnipotent?". My answer is not original, but I think it is clear and true and ...

Mainstream secular speech act theorists Vanderveken and Susumu recognise something of the power of the Word of God to do what it says: ...

Yes, I used wireless interweb technology for the first time today from my desk. Magic. I’m at desk number 2175 today and I’m finding i...

In Japanese you can’t usually say things like “he wants” or “they feel” which imply understanding of another person’s inner attitudes: you h...

What you need for your essays is the 1623 dictionary of learned equivalents so that a gentleman may write in his own words and then convert ...

“ Homo sapiens is essentially, homo loquens , a speaking being, ‘speaking’ not in the sense (p1) in which parrots speak but in the sense of...

I nearly always put my academic work in the passive voice, which can be tiresome. As Wittgenstein said: “At some point you have to spe...