Saturday, May 26, 2007

Boreham and His Emotive Literary Style

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This is a further article in a series that examines F W Boreham’s literary style that is most apparent in his newspaper editorials. F W Bore...
Friday, May 25, 2007

Boreham and His Sensuous Literary Style

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Continuing in a series on the hallmarks of F W Boreham’s literary style, as found especially in his newspaper editorials, is this posting. F...
Thursday, May 24, 2007

Boreham on the Uses of Adversity

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Gog and Magog are the two tall poplar trees that keep ceaseless vigil by my gate. But between them there is all the difference in the world;...

Boreham Literary Style: Unobtrusive yet Present

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This posting is a continuation of several articles which seek to identify and describe the Boreham literary style. When F W Boreham said of ...
Wednesday, May 23, 2007

Hallmarks of the Boreham Literary Style

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What would you say were the hallmarks of F W Boreham’s writing? How would you describe his signature style? In the next few postings I will ...
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Boreham and His Theological Approach

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While he was usually logical, F W Boreham did not depend upon highly reasoned argumentation and the constraints of editorial space certainly...
Monday, May 21, 2007

Boreham on Shutting the Door

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“Years ago,” a friend told me once, “I used to take all my troubles to bed with me. I would lie there in the darkness with closed eyes, fret...

Boreham and His Theology of Nature

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F W Boreham’s theology of nature gave his theology a significant breadth. While he made statements about the human yearning for nature and t...
Sunday, May 20, 2007

F W Boreham and William Shakespeare

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F W Boreham writes about his first attempts to memorise some lines from Shakespeare and the way the speech stayed with him: “The first Shake...
Saturday, May 19, 2007

Boreham on Leaving a Useful Bequest

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“Isaac dug again the wells of Abraham his father, for the Philistines had stopped them, and he called their names after the names by which h...

Boreham and His Sense of Place

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Did F W Boreham feel himself an Englishman (he lived there until he was 24), a Kiwi (after his 10 years in the Shaky Isles) or an Aussie (by...

Boreham on the Promise of Divine Guidance

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“I will guide you with my eye.” Psalm 32:8 Many have come to adore the priceless boon of the divine guidance. When the time comes to move, H...
Friday, May 18, 2007

Boreham on People who are Pure Gold

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I had promised to lecture at an anniversary gathering of a church in one of the poorer suburbs. At the church door I was greeted by a singul...
Thursday, May 17, 2007

New Review of Lover of Life by F W Boreham

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It is good to see people enjoying the book, Lover of Life , and finding that it is resulting in some life changes and stimulating some quest...

F W Boreham: An Appreciation by Leslie Church

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In 1937 Epworth Press published a book entitled Day by Day with F W Boreham . It begins with the following appreciation to Boreham, by Lesl...
Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Frank Boreham’s Prescription for Stress

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Immensity is magnificent medicine ... We lose life's shallow worries in the vision of unplumbed depths. In Florence Barclay's Rosary...

F W Boreham: 'Please Shut the Gate!'

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This excerpt was written by F W Boreham and it comes from his book, The Silver Shadow . “Forgetting those things which are behind, I press t...
Monday, May 14, 2007

F W Boreham on Nationhood

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F W Boreham wrote a theology of nationhood which was an extension of his concern for the public arena. In reaching beyond the personal and i...
Sunday, May 13, 2007

Boreham on Being Explicitly Christian

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The editorials where F W Boreham most clearly dealt with Christian character and ethics were found in his statements about human uniqueness,...
Saturday, May 12, 2007

Boreham on Human Endeavor

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F W Boreham’s editorials sometimes appeared humanistic, with their reflections on the possibilities and achievements of the human spirit in ...