Author: James Ashford
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Book Review: Where Is God in All the Suffering?
It’s been a while since I have last done a book review, so I thought I would write up my thoughts on a book I read fairly recently, as I…
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Book Review: Surrounded by Idiots
In our day-to-day lives, whether this is at home with family or at work with collages, we all know what it’s like to engage with people with different personalities. Some…
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My Outlook for 2024
To me, it certainly feels like 2023 has gone by so fast. I distinctly remember that around this time last year, I was in the process of submitting my PhD…
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What I’ve Learnt From Setting up My Own Mastodon Instance
I’ve been on Mastodon for over a year now, and I felt like it was time to move on. What do I mean by move on? Well, until recently, I’ve…
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Book Review: Confronting Christianity: 12 Hard Questions for the World’s Largest Religion
What with the rise of issues such as cancel culture, as a Christian, it’s becoming increasing more challenging to share my faith with others out of fear of facing opposition.…
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Visualising Paper Co-Author Collaboration Networks
As part of my job as an academic, a large part of what I do involves producing new knowledge by publishing research papers with other fellow researchers, As I was…
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Life Update: Becoming a Parent
As you may have noticed, my writing output on this blog has crawled to a stop. Why? Well, on the 5th of September 2023 my son (first child), Samuel, was…