Why Anger Isn’t an Option for the Faithful

A website dedicated to the historical novel, Tillers of the Soil, by Mark Clavier

Tillers of the Soil is a richly woven tale of land, tradition, and resilience, set in the fading days of Roman Britain, where a family fights to hold onto their home, heritage, and way of life.

Genealogical Reflections in the Wake of Charlie Kirk's Assassination

What They're Supposed to Do (and Why it Matters More than Ever)

Occasional Sketches from My Clerical Life

How the Christian Moral Vision Shaped Our Rules-Based World Order

An Unintended Pilgrimage in the South Peloponnese

Trust, Shared Power, and the Hope of Renewal

Naming the Institutions of the Church and How They Might Be Renewed

Towards a Culture of Discernment and Co-Responsibility

Why the Church Is More Than an Institution

My upcoming sabbatical and the pilgrim’s paths ahead

What the Trinity Teaches Us about Being Human

Leadership, Trust, & the Future of the Church in Wales

Toward an Ecumenical Feast of Creation

Reimagining the Church's Common Life

Notes from an Accidental Pilgrimage

Recovering the Lost Language of the Church

An Affectionate Reflection

A follow-up to 'Beyond the Scaffolding'

What the Church in Wales's Harries Report Missed and Why It Still Matters

On Lancelot Andrewes's Easter Sermon, 16 April 1620

A Good Friday Meditation on Donne's Sonnet XIII

On the Forgotten Days of Holy Week

Reclaiming the Church as a Moral Community

Rediscovering what it means to be the Body of Christ

Overworked, Under-supported, and Close to Collapse

From Progress to Pessimism

YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show

Musings about living well with God, creation, and each other. Click to read Well-Tempered, by Mark Clavier, a Substack publication. Launched a day ago.

History, tragedy, and hope.

History's often presented as a grand narrative of progress—a steady journey from ignorance to enlightenment, oppression to freedom, and darkness to light. This idea is comforting. It tells us that thi...

There are moments in history when the ground shifts beneath our feet, leaving us disoriented, uncertain of where we stand. I remember the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. I was 18, newly arrived at un...

America hurt itself badly today.

Once again, we stand at the threshold of Lent, much like the beginning of familiar path through a quiet wood. It’s not a path we blaze ourselves, but one walked for centuries, worn smooth by the feet ...

At St Mary’s Brecon, where I serve, our book club recently read and discussed William Dalrymple’s From the Holy Mountain . It’s a journey through lands where Christianity once flourished but now cl...