Putting words onto a screen tends to remove the sense of personal interaction which comes from face to face encounter. Cyber conversations have to work very hard to convey tone - which otherwise can easily be misinterpreted.

‘Very contentless’ was a repetition of a serious point I have been making - perhaps too insistently. ‘Anarchic biblical hermeneutic’ was how the use and application of scripture to life and practice seemed to me in the light of Andrew’s interpretive model. It’s the exact opposite of the exegesis which has gone into constructing the model - which is detailed and methodical.

Neither phrases were intended as a jibe - but the larger point is that the pursuit of debate has been getting obsessive, in hindsight almost like stalking, and I think that calls for greater restraint on my part.

Say a little prayer for me as I plod up Guildford’s High Street in my thermal underwear and Arctic weather gear on the annual ‘walk of witness’ this morning.