Fathers in the land
Some would say that you can not be a successful father unless you have your own positive experience of fathering. The influence is too great at an age when patterns are set for an entire lifetime. Well, if you have had the chance to read through parts of Mark Ash’s story (see yesterday’s post)then the evidence is clearly to the contrary-even though like any trend setter,  he doubts himself in the process.

Thank you Mark Ash
It was a few months ago I got in my car and drove the 200 mls down to Norwich in South East England to see a guy called Mark. Seeking to process a catastrophic period at work I understood something of where he was at as he found himself slipping into the dark abyss of depression. For him, just like DriverX yesterday, his place of retreat w

DriverX
Now would you get a cab driven by this guy? Well dodgy. Never mind counting your change the issue would be more like getting out alive! Ok I shouldn’t be abusing one of our more regular writers for Sfts, but this is DriverX from Santa Rosa, California and I love his writing. It’s short, full of description, slightly quirky with lots of little quips at himself. Out of work as

A story told
Over the last days it has been an incredible honour to put into words a tiny part of the journey of one family in the South of England; discovering in so doing themes in their story that affect us all wherever we might be. A film writer called Robert Mcgee said this. “The strongest cultural force at work in the world today is the power of story.” In today’s O

A fitting legacy
This is a photo taken at sunrise from Cape Finisterre, the most western point of Spain and, according to the Romans, the edge of the western world. For those who walk the pilgrim way to Santiago de Compostela it is an inevitable finishing point. Vicky, who took this photo, is one of a new kind of free-spirited women who I have the honour to know. Unfettered by the norms of life and encouraged by