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Will anyone resign because we are failing Iraqi Christians?
A minister resigns over the government’s policy in Israel and Gaza. And the shock is not so much that Baroness Warsi resigned, but that the government had a policy on Gaza over which one was able to...
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20 things to spot when observing Christian relationships
** WARNING – this post may lead to introspection** If you spend enough time among Christians, especially those who are single and dating, some of these may be very familiar: The person who needs to be...
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Where does our strength come from?
This is a bit of a working draft, I’m still processing my thinking but this is where I’ve got to. I don’t want to misrepresent anyone’s views so open to comments and corrections to ensure it’s accurate...
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For Scotland the brave, please don’t leave
Watching Braveheart won’t be the same, it won’t have the same sense of irrational patriotism – cheering the Scots to rebuff the English won’t feel quite the same. It’s illogical, it is borderline...
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Scotland: Henceforth forward the honour shall grow ever brighter
If I owned a kilt today is the day I would wear it. Today is a day for unity and solidarity. After a campaign designed to see the United Kingdom pulled asunder, in the wake of its failure is a never...
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Leonard Cohen’s popular problem
Just before his 80th birthday a couple of weeks ago Leonard Cohen released his thirteenth studio album, Popular Problems. Last year I perched near the rafters of the O2 to watch him perform a three...
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Pulling the plug on Christian reviewing
Last night I watched Grace Unplugged. It was suggested to me, I would say recommended but that might be putting it a bit strong. The Netflix introduction warned me what I was getting: “Every Sunday...
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Can we crowdsource theology?
This is more or less what I said in my session on social media and theology at the Christian New Media Conference: This week the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the American Southern...
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A Baker, a Sign Maker and a Printer walked into court
A printer, a sign maker and a baker walk into a courtroom. And if this sounds like the start of a joke… The printer stands accused of refusing to print a leaflet backing the death penalty and therefore...
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Remembrance in the shadow of the Berlin Wall
On the 9 November 1989 the Berlin Wall was breached. For the previous 28 years crossings had been made, and many more attempted and failed, with those fleeing from East to West shot as they sought...
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An eclectic review of 2014
Usually a mainstay of the few days between Christmas and New Year I’m getting in early with my review of 2014. I often intend to write about the year about to come to an end but writing time around...
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The 27 stages of Christian controversy on the internet
With huge thanks to Hannah Mudge, Raquelita and Stuartmwrites on twitter this evening… Obscure Christian blogger writes a post on why girls wearing flip flops are acting immodestly and causing their...
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The issues that matter most to evangelical voters
Yesterday the Evangelical Alliance published Faith in politics? which reported on a survey of over 2000 evangelical Christians investigating their political views and habits. One key feature of the...
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Easter: I don’t think that word means what David Cameron thinks it does
Crown Copyright I’ve hesitated for a few hours, but I can’t managed to hold back any longer. David Cameron’s Easter message is dreadful. I’m used to the...
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2015, a musical of the general election from the pen of Taylor Swift
From Buzzfeed’s ’19 photos of politicians improved with Taylor Swift lyrics”. [Opening credits – a montage of campaign rallies across the country, to the tune of Welcome to New York] “Everybody here...
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False Flags and Public Grief
Used under Creative Commons from https://www.flickr.com/photos/shauser/ On Wednesday evening nine men and women were murdered during a bible study at their church. No murder is normal, but this was...
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What 1000 Foo Fighters’ fans can teach the church
In a field in Italy 1000 rockers struck a chord. A man had a vision, he wanted the Foo Fighters to come and play in his town. So he raised some money, appealed for fellow fans and got them together....
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Eliminating hurry – notes from the mountains
It’s a dreadful cliché. I found God on a mountain top. But to avoid the very worst of it, it wasn’t on the top that my epiphany came but about halfway up the side of my third Munro of the morning....
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What exactly is leadership?
A question that gets harder the more you think about it Sounds like a simple question: what is leadership? But it’s one of those things that the more you think about it the more complex it gets....
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The cost of show and tell blogging
Used under CC 2.0 Propinquity I’ve written before about my experience of blogging and my crazed, ill thought through, entry into a particular avenue of the internet. I started out writing about...
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