Conscious religion part 2 - What does success look like?
Published: Fri, 05/05/23
Many years ago a man came to a few Stav lessons. He seemed quite fit and well coordinated and could have got pretty good if he had given it the time…
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Conscious Religion - part 1
Published: Sat, 04/15/23
It used to be said that, when in polite society, one should never talk about se, politics, or religion. Possibly good advice if you are going to…
An old dog still learning new tricks
Published: Thu, 03/23/23
Si ty fourth birthday last week. How did that happen? Okay, just the consequence of having been born in 1959, which seems like a long time ago now.
Five principles, or just one?
Published: Fri, 03/10/23
On the 25th of February we had a very good day training in Salisbury. Twelve people attended, which was about the ma imum number for the space we had…
Losing wars and chocolate biscuits
Published: Thu, 02/23/23
Last Sunday I was preaching on the te t from chapter 5 of Matthew’s Gospel which begins with the statement:‘You have heard it said, an eye for an eye,…
The secret of becoming a master of martial arts
Published: Sun, 02/12/23
A good friend shared the secret of becoming a master of martial arts with me. Turn up, train, do some practice. That is it, all you need to know. This…
Demographics is destiny and the 2023 Stavcamp
Published: Fri, 01/27/23
1177 BC is considered to be the date that the Bronze age civilizations collapsed. I listened to a talk by an archeologist called Eric Cline (link…
How will history remember 2023?
Published: Thu, 01/05/23
So, here we are five days on from what was an interesting year. There is plenty to comment on if I felt so inclined. The death of the Queen. War in…
Preparation for an uncertain future
Published: Fri, 12/23/22
Iduna and I went to a Winter Solstice ritual at a home in Hull on Wednesday night. Just a dozen of us around a small fire in the garden and then some…
Is eight billion enough?
Published: Wed, 11/30/22
Apparently the world population has just reached eight billion people. The statistics have been stacking up for quite some time, so no great surprise…