I’ve decided to continue on with my habit of recording some of my stopping points – books read, music listened to, films watched, etc. – each month. Some readers seem to enjoy knowing from where I’m being fertilised, and I enjoy keeping a track of my journeys. So here’s January’s ‘stations’:

Reading:

• The Grace of It All: Reflections on the Art of Ministry by F. Dean Lueking.
• Brave New World by Aldous Huxley.
• Freedom for Ministry by Richard John Neuhaus.
• Secular Sermons: Essays on Science and Philosophy by Alan Musgrave.
• On Cosmopolitanism and Forgiveness by Jacques Derrida.
• The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis.
• So Many Ways to Begin: A Novel by Jon McGregor.
• Facebook and Philosophy: What’s on Your Mind? edited by D.E. Wittkower.
• Bound to Be Free: Evangelical Catholic Engagements in Ecclesiology, Ethics, and Ecumenism by Reinhard Hütter.
• A Distant Shore: Essays in Irish Migration and New Zealand Settlement edited by Lyndon Fraser.
• Childfaith: Experiencing God and Spiritual Growth with Your Children by Donald Ratcliff.
• The Sense of the Past: Essays in the History of Philosophy by Bernard Williams.

Listening:

• Here We Have a Land by Mike Harding.
• Paupers Field by Dylan LeBlanc.
• War Brides by Amelia Curran.
• Dans les Airs by Le Vent Du Nord.
• Broken Record by Lloyd Cole.
• Be My Thrill by The Weepies.
• The Road by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis.
• Luck in the Valley and Kensington Blues by Jack Rose.
• Jack Rose & the Black Twig Pickers by Jack Rose & The Black Twig Pickers.
• Country Music and Spirit by Willie Nelson.
• A Crooked Road by Darrell Scott.
• Amos Lee, Supply and Demand, Last Days at the Lodge by Amos Lee.
• Live in Las Vegas by Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds.
• Let’s Sing a Kiwi Song by Martin Curtis.
• There My Dear by Dimmer.
• Chameleon and Chicken & Egg by Tim O’Brien.
• How the Dead Live by Jordan Reyne.
• Shoot the Moon Right Between the Eyes: A Collection, Stripping Cane, Seven Curses, Cold Satellite and Redbird by Jeffrey Foucault.
• Some Strange Country and Still Crooked by Crooked Still.
• God If I Saw Her Now by Thom Hell.
• Last Clock On The Wall, You Can Tell Georgia, Stompin Grounds, Sessions From Motor Ave., Only Four Seasons, Take My Blanket and Go, Joe Purdy, Paris In The Morning, Julie Blue and Canyon Joe by Joe Purdy.
• The Last Star by Heidi Talbot.
• Things That Fly and Fork in the Road by The Infamous Stringdusters.
• Darkness Sure Becomes This City by Joy Kills Sorrow.
• Genuine Negro Jig, Dona Got a Ramblin Mind, Carolina Chocolate Drops & Joe Thompson and Heritage by Carolina Chocolate Drops.
• The Foundling by Mary Gauthier.

Watching:

• The Town
• Ticking Clock
• Exit Through the Gift Shop
• Handsome Harry
• Unthinkable
• True Grit
• Never Let Me Go (It was intriguing to watch this at the same time that I was reading Huxley’s Brave New World)
• The Trial

Some other news
I’m anticipating that posts here at Per Crucem ad Lucem might be a little scantier over the next few weeks. I have some other writing that I need to set aside some extra time to do, and I’ll be away speaking at a number of events, including Going Further. By the way, upon my return I’ll be giving a public lecture on the Supper entitled ‘Learning to See and to Waddle with our Tongues: a view from the Table’. All are heartedly invited (both to the lecture and to the Supper!). For any who may be interested, I plan to post a copy of my talk here after the event.