Author: David Perman

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Sofia

People and their gods evolve together

A short talk given at the 2018 SOF Annual Conference, whose theme was The Necessity of Hope. One way of experiencing this talk is to see me now, starting to read my script, imagining me...

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Sofia, Poetry

Berry Head Hotel

Hard to imagine on this benign-sea, sun-blessing afternoon the gloomy Reverend Lyte, sitting here complaining of 'change and decay in all around I see'. Change, yes – there's a fleet-sized marina and devil's hordes of...

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Sofia, Poetry

Lunching by the Sea of Galilee

'Swimming strictly prohibited' proclaims the board in three languages. Walking on the water's not mentioned, but there's something beyond the natural here. The lunch is heavenly and the waiter celebrates his tip by discus-hurling a...

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Sofia, Reviews

Godless for God’s Sake and The Trouble with God

The main title of this interesting collection of Quaker essays is derived from words by the 13th century Dominican, Meister Eckhart: ‘Man’s last and highest parting occurs when, for God’s sake, he takes leave of...

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Sofia, Reviews

Godless for God’s Sake and The Trouble with God

The main title of this interesting collection of Quaker essays is derived from words by the 13th century Dominican, Meister Eckhart: ‘Man’s last and highest parting occurs when, for God’s sake, he takes leave of...

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Sofia, Reviews

The Erotics of God

The Erotics of God Sebastian Barker prefaces this book of poems with a quotation from Blake’s The Marriage of Heaven and Hell: ‘The soul of sweet delight can never be defil’d.’ Anyone who has dipped...

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