Mind Boggling
I was leafing through a book on 'chaos theory' in a library once, and discovered one of those yellow 'post-it'-stickers marking a page in the middle. Scribbled on the sticker was: "Come back later - mind is beginning to boggle".…
Siberian thaw
Fold a map of Russia in two and right in the crease you'll find Krasnoyarsk, deep in the heart of Siberia. From Holland, it is as far to the east as Chicago is to the west - six time zones…
The Theban Martyrs
An amazing story about a town in Switzerland has come to my attention relating to Coptic Christianity. Two weeks ago, I wrote about Coptic influence on Europe. I referred to St Maurice as a "messenger to Switzerland where today a…
Weird and wonderful
Last week we described a trip out into Egypt's western desert and discovered oases of spiritual life that inspired many dramatic conversions and transformations. We were left with the question, what was it about fourth century Coptic spirituality that was…
Streams in the desert
The giant pyramids faded away behind us as we headed out into Egypt's western desert. Before us, huge advertising hoardings lined the four-lane highway from Cairo to Alexandria, signs of the all-pervasive globalisation. No signs however prepared us for the…
