by Maggy Whitehouse | Apr 24, 2023 | Spirit
Sunday afternoon, 23rd April 2023. I’m in the heart of the Devon countryside and have just stopped off after the afternoon’s dog walk to pick wild garlic from high up on the verge of a lane. I was away from my mobile phone, which was turned off anyway. I felt the...
by Maggy Whitehouse | Jul 22, 2022 | Spirit
Mary Magdalene by Janet McKenzie. Mary Magdalene has always been one of the most misunderstood – and unfairly reviled – women in religious history. She is still misinterpreted by those who wish her only well and who see her as the Holy Grail, the wife of Christ. Her...
by Maggy Whitehouse | Feb 14, 2020 | Spirit
It’s Holy Week, so it’s as good a time as any for bringing up the matter of Judas. Loads of people nowadays ask whether he was as bad as he was painted or whether he’s a scapegoat for Judaism. There’s The Gospel of Judas and, most likely, Rev....
by Maggy Whitehouse | Oct 9, 2017 | Uncategorized
I was lying in the bath, pondering the Bible passages that orthodox religious folk use when discussing the folk they disapprove of – as you do – when I got a sentence in my head. This doesn’t happen all that often. And when the sentence appears in...
by Maggy Whitehouse | Aug 9, 2017 | Spirit
Today I bought a rainbow-coloured clerical shirt for going to perform at the Edinburgh Fringe. I’m not gay and, to be totally honest, gay marriage still makes me feel slightly weird. It’s not that I don’t support the idea, I do—it’s just that...
