The End of the Party

June 22, 2013 by 3 Comments

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked, dragging themselves through the negro streets at dawn looking for an angry fix … –Allen Ginsberg, Howl I am no Ginsberg, and my concerns are not the same as his – but these lines have been been thundering through my head […]

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Lifestyle & Anxiety

June 16, 2013 by 2 Comments

As I write this, I’m really supposed to be packing for a trip to see my old friends in London. I’m really looking forward to it, and it’ll probably be a bit of a wild time! I often feel as though there are two sides to my life – the church side of me, and […]

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Drinking Alcohol

November 14, 2012 by Leave a Comment

The Christian world – or at least those parts of it I have come into contact with – has a funny view of alcohol. It ranges from those who do not drink at all and consider it a sin to drink alcohol, to those who say to have very little alcohol, to those who say […]

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