https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NXtNwvd2NI "Pathways to Freedom" was a direct spin-off from a couple of presentations which I gave at ICSA conferences. It's intended as a helping hand for people moving on in life following defection from the Jehovah's Witnesses.
Rethinking Epiphany and the visit of the Magi
One of the curious things about the story of the Magi or the Wise Men in the Gospel of Matthew is that it is not the sort of thing which a real Jewish Matthew would invent out of nothing It is, though, one which could be such a person’s attempt to make sense of an …
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Looking ahead
It's that time of year when so many of the folk around me are writing about their resolutions and goals for the coming months, so I guess I should write something about my own. So, number one project for the next few weeks will be a presentation with the title, "Route Planning." My idea is …
A Christmas memory
It's the time of year when all sorts of memories come to the front of my mind. Here's one which I am sure I must have shared before, but I would like to share it again: Some thirty or so years ago when I was a Methodist minister in Yorkshire, I arrived at the Parish …
Cover Pics
A couple of mock-ups here of old manuscripts, both created to be photographed for book covers. On the left is the old story handed down through several generations of Judy Whitaker’s family without being properly deciphered until young Judy took on the challenge. Yes, that scrawl is intended to be legible even though it looks …
A Magpie’s Tale
Everything has a story to tell. Several, in fact. A late chapter in the story of that magpie standing guard over a hand-written manuscript on the cover of Solomon’s Magpie began soon after Maggie and I had moved to Leominster. We were walking through town and pausing from time to time to take a look …
A Starting Point
Though I usually stay on the fringes of the cult-vs-excult conversation, I do like to eavesdrop from time to time and sometimes add my own comment to what is being said. Something I find very interesting (and often fairly irritating) is how often we encounter the born-again atheist who comes across as very much like …
The Snig’s Foot?
t’s quite a few years now since I hit on the title Tales from the Snig’s Foot for the blog I started for writing about my novels. From time to time, though, I’ve wondered whether perhaps it’s not entirely appropriate when writing about what I might think of as more serious stuff. The Snig’s Foot, …
All my books so far
Pathways to Freedom from the Watchtower to New Life Pathways to Freedom offers a helping hand to former Jehovah’s Witnesses who can too easily become stuck in the transit zone between the Watchtower and new life. How do you let go of the baggage which weighs you down all along the way? How do you …
Tales from the Snig's Foot 