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Are C S Lewis, J K Rowling and Philip Pullman overrated?

By Caleb | July 17, 2008

That was the question posed in the Books section of Outpost Gallifrey recently. You might not be surprised to read that my short answer is “No”, but hopefully my further observations might be of some interest… First of all, I really enjoy all three writers and their books. Secondly, in the interests of full disclosure, […]

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Your Labour is Not in Vain

By Caleb | July 10, 2008

Last month my church ran an evangelism course in the Sunday evening meetings called Just Walk Across the Room. For the most part, the course and accompanying book contains useful advice on getting to know people, discovering their stories and sharing your faith with them naturally. It does have some weaknesses though. For one thing, […]

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Doctor Who: “Journey’s End” series finale review (spoilers)

By Caleb | July 8, 2008

“A tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing” Journey’s End had explosions, special effects, emotion and punch-the-air moments aplenty. They were all massively entertaining, and I cheered when K9 appeared just as much as the next fan. Who’d have thought that Russell T Davies could have written a finale that […]

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Lawrence Miles on the Future

By Caleb | June 24, 2008

Infamous Doctor Who novelist turned blogger and self-styled “uneasy conscience of fandom” Lawrence Miles has a fascinating blog post on the future, both the future as depicted by Doctor Who and “The actual future – the one where we’ll be spending the rest of our lives, unless Bill Gates’ new masterplan to save the world […]

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God and secularism

By Caleb | June 11, 2008

Continuing my thoughts on faith and politics… Tom Price over on his blog A Better Hope asks some Worldview Level Questions About Secular Democracy: Hazel Blears said, ‘We live in a secular democracy.’ But does she live in an ‘outside, inside’ ? Let me explain. The concept of secular democracy that she has articulated, has […]

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Dispatches: In God’s Name

By Caleb | June 9, 2008

As the Human Fertilization and Embryology Bill went through Parliament, Channel 4 aired a documentary about “the rising influence of Christian fundamentalism in the UK”, which I watched with very mixed feelings. The documentary was very selective and frustratingly one-sided. It failed to properly define fundamentalism: the way it portrayed it seemed to be Young […]

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Catching up

By Caleb | June 9, 2008

My laptop was in for repairs for a few weeks, and so I’ve not been able to update my blog as much. I’ve got quite a lot of half-written material I want to catch up on, in particular on Doctor Who, including the news that Steven Moffat is taking over from Russell T Davies, and […]

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Why look at history?

By Caleb | May 19, 2008

What’s the point of time travel if you can’t change the past? Similarly, what’s the point in studying the events of history, or telling stories about them? “Don’t try to understand why a fine man is cut off in his prime and an evil one prospers. Try to understand what benefit there is in observing […]

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