by James Gordon | Oct 23, 2015 | Opinion
The story of Jesus in the house of Martha and Mary (Luke 10:38-42) is a short, but rich, narrative about two sides of Christian discipleship. You know the one – Martha banging pots, rattling dishes and cutlery, checking oven, swearing at the beeping microwave,...
by James Gordon | Oct 5, 2015 | Opinion
Among the most familiar wheeled vehicles that clutter up our world is the grocery cart. These utilitarian mobile baskets have a massive influence on our lifestyle, health, shopping habits and financial outlays. Consider: if we shopped with ordinary baskets we...
by James Gordon | Sep 21, 2015 | Opinion
I have a very good friend who every now and again passes on his used copies of The Tablet and The Times Literary Supplement (TLS). The first is a long established Catholic weekly full of news, reflection, critique and comment on all things Catholic and many things...
by James Gordon | Sep 11, 2015 | Opinion
A combination of shadow and light, curve and line, an ascending spiral toward the light of the sky beyond the glass roof. This is what you see when you step inside the library building at Aberdeen University in Scotland and look up at the staircase. It depicts the...
by James Gordon | Aug 3, 2015 | Opinion
We are well on our way to losing any conception of education as humanizing gift, social capital, cultural treasury, creative possibility for the future, imaginative empowerment of the minds, affections and commitments of the recent and coming generations of pupils and...
