House-buying

Written by admin on 29.06.2008 |

If anyone who prays for me reads this - please do pray for wisdom in house-buying.  We’ve found what we think is the right house and had an offer accepted, but the survey has indicated a lot more work needed than we’d thought.  We’re in the process of getting estimates on dealing with damp etc. [...]

Taking up the cross

Written by admin on 11.06.2008 | ,

I’ve just been listening to a lecture I gave at CMS recently.  It is a reflection on what enabled Francis of Assisi, in the midst of the Crusades, to go and talk to the Muslim sultan about Jesus rather than going to fight him in the name of Jesus - which was what nearly everyone [...]

New office

Written by admin on 23.04.2008 |

I’ve just got online at my new office, at St Stephen’s House, where we will be opening our new Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies.  We’ll be an independent, Christian-based, research centre, cooperating with various people and colleges in and near Oxford.  We hope to facilitate all sorts of people - Christian, Muslims, people of other [...]

News update

Written by admin on 14.03.2008 |

It seems a long time since I wrote in this blog.  All the comments I get are from pharmaceutical firms, which is rather discouraging.  If anyone out there is acutally reading this - or anything else on the blog - I’d be grateful if you’d let me know.
 This term, I’ve been doing some teaching at [...]