Tag Marilynne Robinson

Doodle: A Cautionary Note On Apologetics

Doodle: A Cautionary Note On Apologetics

In my own life I’ve seen a marked resurgence of apologetics. This was in part a response to the New Atheism, while other factors exceeding my own abilities of analysis...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
20 Jan 2022
Fatherhood: A Personal Reflection

Fatherhood: A Personal Reflection

In 1 Thessalonians 2 Paul likens his ministry to motherhood and fatherhood. It would be a mistake to consider either description normative. But it would also be unfortunate to miss...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
18 Jun 2020

Doodle: Pharisees versus Prophets

Being passionate about literature I often attempt to pull threads of thought through multiple works. I realise that occasionally the result of this is that my writing resembles little more...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
04 Dec 2015

Reflection: Heaven and Friendship

A thought came to me the other day. Large portions of our lives are spent enmeshed with the transient. So much of this life is fading away, receding from view,...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
29 Jul 2013

Reflection: God's Grace in Gilead and Reductionism

Last month I found a second hand copy of Marilynne Robinson’s 2004 novel, Gilead. The book is a collection of moving memoirs (for lack of a better word) written by...

Graham Heslop Graham Heslop
02 Nov 2012