Only an Horizon...
Whilst preparing for the two funerals that I have to conduct today, I came across this piece by Bishop Charles Henry Brent, which apparently was sent to Fiona Castle by a well-wisher shortly after the death of her husband Roy. Bishop Brent is probably more famous for his more developed analogy of death being like a ship sailing over the horizon. Here he uses the same image but in the form of a prayer:

Fidei Defensor
Prince Chuck has long professed that when (if?) he is crowned King he would prefer to be known as "Defender of Faith" rather than "Defender of the Faith." Now any half competent Latin scholar knows that this is a perfectly legitimate understanding of the title "Fidei Defensor" from a linguistic perspective. What is much

A Psalm for Remembrance Sunday
Praise the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.I will praise the LORD all my life; I will sing praise to my God as long as I live.Do not put your trust in princes, in mortal men, who cannot save. Blessed are those whose help is the God of IsraelThose whose hope is in the LO

Tom and Toby Separated at Birth?
Here's one from Ship of Fools. Have you ever seen Tom Wright, Bishop of Durham and the West Wing's Toby Ziegler in the same room?

What's the Point in an Expert Panel?
In this time of public finance cutbacks can I suggest a means of saving a lot of money and wasted time and effort? Ditch all the expert panels and commissions that the government has been establishing... funding for various periods of time and then dismissing their findings when they don't think they will be able to sell them to the wider public... Rule No. 1 of being an expert on a g