A CONTEMPORARY SPIRITUALITY

January 2023

A couple of years ago I read and enthused about a book ‘A Boy, a Mole, a Fox and a Horse’ by Charlie Mackesy, and gave copies to friends as Christmas presents. This Christmas there was a film version of the story on BBC 1, and an audio version on BBC Sounds. Even if you’ve read the book I commend both the film and the audio.

There was also a documentary on BBC 2 about the author, and the making of both the book and the film that I watched. There was something about Charlie Mackesy that fascinated & intrigued me, while not being able to put a finger on quite what: he somehow felt a tad feral to me. 

I looked him up on the internet, and found, slightly to my surprise, that he’s a Christian.  I say surprised because he had in no way alluded to that fact in the documentary, although I had sensed that he was a man with a deep spirituality, and that it undergirded his story.  

What is more, there was a video of him talking about his faith at Holy Trinity Brompton, and in a way that both delighted me & also challenged my assumptions about HTB.

If you like to see the video, you can find it at: 

https://www.eden.co.uk/blog/is-charlie-mackesy-christian-p1790477