A GOD-SHAPED HOLE? or AN EXAMINATION OF EVIL and FORGIVENESS By a Non-Church-going Christian "Be human in this most inhuman of ages; guard the image of man for it is the image of God." (Thomas Merton) Shoot a political opponent, massacre 1200 innocent civilians? Do we have here the presence of a God-shaped hole, a vacuum into which a lurking spirit of evil has, since time immemorial, been sucked? This is a question for the theologians, I suppose.   Theologians or not, I thi

On looking for a caring and compassionate place in which our father could rest his dear tired bones on discharge from hospital, my sister...

In Berlin, 2016 Now that he is dead, I don’t have to concern myself any more about his dementia, his health, do I?  It is over and all I...

I originally wrote a blog entitled Nutrition and the G-Word, and I was told by the site builder that it was a 36 minute read! I didn't...

Not long before our (unplanned) pregnancy we had become acquainted with the idea of 'attachment parenting'. And we'd liked it! The...

The brain, though! The HQ, enabling rationality, intellect, decision-making, emotion, creativity, survival, life! We have a triune brain....

God-given? Where, if at all, does God come into this? Do you believe in God? Do I? Is my openness to the possibility of God's...

Being human. Do we know what it actually is to be fully, optimally human? We are very willing to haul out the rather reductive "Oh, it's human nature" when discussing our fellow man's behaviour, good and bad. But what is true human nature? Have you ever wondered about your own deeply-suspected potential? Have you ever looked at those who have lived inspirational lives, those who have been ethically, creatively, physically and emotionally all of a piece, and wondered

I thrived on the fresh simple food (meat, fish, vegetables, milk, butter, lard, eggs), my mother cooked for our family. My health and...

These simple but incredibly effective dietary measures can be seen as radical ‘first aid’ for bodies which, instead of being treated as...

A person's journey into physical and mental health starts with the mother's diet and lifestyle before and during gestation. After birth,...

Certainly it appears that more serious mental illness, from depression to bipolar and schizophrenia, may be alleviated or eliminated if...

(a bit challenging, this one) Our reliance on the NHS and our invariably unquestioning demand for pharmaceutical solutions leads us even...

... AND CARE HOMES We saw, through the two torturous years of lockdown, how our elders suffered. Care homes in particular became a very...

My raison d'etre for writing this piece is that I believe we might re-think our assumptions, our convenient acquiescence to the...

My father was diagnosed with dementia with Lewy Bodies during 'lockdown' in 2021. We were informed by his doctor of the untreatable...

AN A-WORD! Here's an A-word! It is a word I had never encountered before my father became ill. It is 'autophagy'. And it strikes me...

As I said earlier, I have three aunties and one precious father diagnosed with forms of dementia. Another of their sisters and their...

Not everyone can afford to consult a functional medicine practitioner or nutritionist. But there are umpteen generous and qualified...

In A General Theory of Love, the authors expressed their concern that, as poor nurturing and neglect increases, and as access to...