The urgent necessity of failure
Used under CC 2.0 John Lui No one likes it, no one looks for it. But if you don’t fail, you don’t learn. Part of the problem is that we’re taught that success is what matters most, we applaud...
View ArticleMulling over Mulberry and the power of adverts
This week the onslaught has begun. It started with the Christmas tree made of red cups in the centre of King’s Cross station. Then I saw Pret have a website counting down the hours until the launch...
View ArticleAnatomy of an outrage (or, a prayerful revolution)
The Church of England thought it would be good to record one of the ancient prayers of the Christian faith for a new generation to hear as a prequel to watching about a long time ago in a galaxy far,...
View ArticleSmaller world, bigger picture
This advent I deleted Facebook and Twitter from my phone. I abstained from browsing to those sites, I let tweetdeck go dormant. I took a break from social media. It wasn’t a complete abstinence, once...
View ArticleBack to blogging? Or maybe this blog’s last stand.
I stopped blogging by accident. In December 2015 I posted a reflection on my Advent away from social media. And that was the last time I posted. I had taken the month away from Facebook and twitter to...
View ArticleWelby and a lot of whataboutery
A shorter version of this post featured as the Evangelical Alliance’s Friday Night Theology post which is available here. The Archbishop of Canterbury knew what he was doing. Ahead of his speech to...
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