Perpetual Motion. Part 4 of 5. Nthposition, Sept 2010
Part 1 here. Part 2 here Part 3 here . Full story here Scene 9. A scene of explication With enormous fanfare, the Creative Online project, or CREON, was launched to…
The Birthplace of Colmcille
The Birthplace of St Colmcille – http://wp.me/p2pCd4-YQ Somewhere I still have Gartan clay. I haven’t drowned yet.
Perpetual Motion. Part 3 of 5. Nthposition.com Sept 2010
Part 1 here. Part 2 here. Full story here Scene 8. Not as long ago as most of the other scenes, with the exception of Scene 2. A Network Rail train from…
Perpetual Motion. Part 2 of 5. Nthposition, Sept 2010
Part 1 here. Original story here Scene 4: Nineteen years and seven months ago. Along with John Cooper, a student from Manchester itself, older than everyone else in the group,…
Perpetual Motion. Part 1 of 5. Nthposition, September 2010.
Divided (somewhat arbitrarily) into “scenes”, and deriving from some thoughts on AI, and a desire to use the “perpetual motion” game in a story – and with a debt, I…
From “The Collapse of Complex Societies” by Joseph A Tainter
The citizens of modern complex societies usually do not realise that we are an anomaly of history. Throughout the several million years that recognisable humans are known to have lived,…
Two more quotes from “Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible” by E Randolph Richards and Brandon J O’Brien
When the ‘me Generation” became Christians, we baptised this egocentrism. We now felt guilty for spending all our money on ourselves. So we gave it to the church. Mainly to…
From “Misreading Scripture With Western Eyes: Removing Cultural Blinders to Better Understand the Bible” by E Randolph Richards and Brandon J O’Brien
In scripture, the godly life is portrayed as a lifelong work, not a list of don’ts. The active pursuit of virtue, particularly through the discipline practice of godly habits, is…
Séamus Sweeney 