Spirit of Jezebel

Over the weekend, we had a resurgence of an episode relating to an older woman, let's call her Jezebel, who has plagued our family over the last three years as an interfering busybody, gossip and manipulator. It all started when we joined the youth group she runs. All four children joined and I volunteered as …

Past Prologue

This episode introduces the character of Elim Garak, one of my favourite DS9 personalities, with all his complexity and 'layers', as Shrek (or was it Donkey?) might say, and brings back the Duras sisters Lursa and Betor, with both Dr Bashir and Kira Nerys needing to decide which side they are on. (Also a nice …

Thoughts on Steve Chalke and Yoder: until women are free, nobody is free.

I have heard the name Yoder a few times but did not realise that his works were considered so important. How dreadful and sad that a man who wrote about pacifism should perpetrate violence, and on such a scale. But perhaps even sadder still is the church's continued dismissal of his sexual abuse as irrelevant …

Open Letter to My Former Friends

For over ten years I lived and worked as a home educator in my former town. I worked tirelessly to run the Christian group, organising events and activities (mostly for free) in friendly co-operation with the secular groups. It is a deep regret that the group I set up did not continue after I left. …