On Easter Sunday, old wallets, and moving forward
I'm not entirely sure how, but after the death of my mother I ended up in possession of her wallet. It is of black leather, and filled...
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Alaric Mark Lewis
- Apr 11, 2020
- 2 min
On Holy Saturday
I love Holy Saturday. I always find Maundy Thursday and Good Friday so draining – I really get into them and it takes it out of me, I can...
Alaric Mark Lewis
- Apr 10, 2020
- 4 min
On Good Friday and shoes
Some years ago I was waiting at a pub in Budapest to meet a friend of mine. I was, as I suppose I am wont to do when sitting alone in a...
Alaric Mark Lewis
- Apr 9, 2020
- 6 min
On donuts and holes for Maundy Thursday
My sister Kathy was a fantastic cook. She was not a fancy cook – no pretentious things with French-sounding names could be found on her...
Alaric Mark Lewis
- Apr 8, 2020
- 2 min
On memories and what's important
One of the enjoyable functions of Facebook is the memories section which shows what you posted on that day in past years. Since I...
Alaric Mark Lewis
- Apr 7, 2020
- 2 min
On tulips
Nearly two years ago my friend Sandra came to visit from Rome. Flying through Amsterdam, she picked up some of the famous Dutch tulip...
Alaric Mark Lewis
- Apr 7, 2020
- 2 min
On where God is
It seems that each time there is a tragic crisis in the world, the inevitable question arises: "Where is God?" It is, of course, a fair...
Alaric Mark Lewis
- Apr 5, 2020
- 5 min
On Palm Sunday 2020
Some years ago, in preparation to lead a guided reading class, I read through hundreds of letters from both victims and survivors of the...
Alaric Mark Lewis
- Apr 4, 2020
- 2 min
On delightful noise
My next door neighbours are a young family with three – or maybe four – small children. (I've never been able to get an accurate...
Alaric Mark Lewis
- Apr 3, 2020
- 3 min
On naughty figs
One of the interesting characteristics of praying together separately, as it were, is that it provides for a great deal of individuality....
Alaric Mark Lewis
- Apr 3, 2020
- 2 min
On good news
Last night I was interviewed by Phil Daley on BBC Radio Norfolk. I'd done radio and tv interviews before, but never live, so was a little...
Alaric Mark Lewis
- Apr 1, 2020
- 2 min
On creativity and limericks
I'm always trying to find something positive in even the direst of situations (something that I know tends to annoy some folk) and one of...
Alaric Mark Lewis
- Mar 31, 2020
- 3 min
On Cecil B. Demille and liberation
When I was six years old I saw Cecil B. DeMille's "The Ten Commandments" for the first time, when it aired on the ABC network in 1973,...
Alaric Mark Lewis
- Mar 29, 2020
- 2 min
On Siri and love
Some time ago my 84 year-old father - the adorable George - discovered that he could send text messages on his iPhone by dictating to...
Alaric Lewis
- Mar 28, 2020
- 2 min
On Unexpected Seals
A few days ago I encountered some neighbours who live just on the other side of the river from me. We met on the bridge that connects us...
Alaric Lewis
- May 31, 2019
- 9 min
An Undelivered Sermon for My Sister
After mocking Jesus, the soldiers stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him. Then they led him away to crucify him. As they...
Alaric Lewis
- Jan 30, 2019
- 4 min
ON NORWICH AND VISIONS
When I came to Norwich I decided that I would stand outside the church for a half hour before my first service each Sunday. This gives me...
Alaric Lewis
- Jun 20, 2018
- 4 min
On Saint Norbert, Corpulent Monks, and the Baroque
“My name is Marton with an 'o,'” he said in heavily accented, though perfect English. “There is no 'i' in Marton,” he continued with a...
Alaric Lewis
- May 9, 2018
- 2 min
ON PACHOMIUS AND CROCODILES
Your name means “big shouldered” and I can believe it, since I saw a depiction of you crossing the mighty Nile on the back of a...
Alaric Lewis
- May 2, 2018
- 2 min
On Saint Athanasius
Reflections upon a stained glass window Your painted gaze bores holes in me. Seated on a throne, legs apart like an arrogant colossus,...
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