The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous, and his ears are attentive to their cry;but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth. Psalm 34:15-16 Something else that’s been in the news this week: the protesters for Black Lives Matter (which I […]
Category: Writings
Stuff which I would class more as an attempt at the art of ‘writing’, as opposed to the general junk I come out with most of the time. Not that this isn’t junk, but… well, yeah.
Social Media, #BlackLivesMatter and being consistent
Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy. Proverbs 31:8-9 One of the things I am fascinated by – as I mentioned again recently – is social media and the way it has changed […]
The Pattern of Sound Teaching
A week or so ago, my friend Andy asked me to write a guest piece for his blog. I duly obliged, and it was published a couple of days ago. Here’s a snippet to whet your appetite: But if the Trinity is a deeply Biblical and important truth for our faith, why is it that […]
The Social Media Pandemic
I am fascinated by social media. I just find it amazing how it seems to have changed the world so fast in so little time, I don’t think we have grasped how much difference it has made to our society. I think you can really see the difference it has made with the response to […]
“I’m not that kind of guy…”
I’ve been thinking a lot recently about what type of person I am. It just seems over the last few months I’ve done a couple of things which don’t fit my “type”. A few months ago I started worrying about my fitness and health – I really wanted to try and lose some weight and […]
Am I just my brain?
A wise and learned philosopher once said, “We are living in a material world, and I am a material girl”. OK, those were the lyrics to Material Girl by Madonna – but, whether she realised it or not, I think she was onto something: many people today, especially within science, do think we are quite […]
Laura Bates, teenage boys and misogyny
Earlier on I read an interesting interview with Laura Bates, the founder of the Everyday Sexism website. (The interview itself is behind a paywall but you can register with the Times to get free access to a limited number of articles per month). The interview itself is pretty shocking: What I do not recognise from […]
Vicky Beeching – Undivided: The power and danger of stories
I’ve mentioned Vicky Beeching a couple of times on this blog, most recently discussing whether it’s right to say ‘Change or Die’ about the church. Yesterday she released her new book, ‘Undivided’, which is her story of how she’s ‘come out’ as gay and Christian, and learned to embrace her sexuality. As I’ve started with […]
No more boys and girls: they’re not good enough apparently.
On the BBC recently there was a two-part programme entitled “No More Boys and Girls: Can Our Kids Go Gender Free?” (Still available on the iPlayer at the time of writing). I watched both parts, and the programme was both intriguing and annoying in about equal measure. The basic premise of the programme is not a […]
Thoughts on 'The Strange Death of Europe'
I’ve just finished reading The Strange Death of Europe by Douglas Murray. It’s not an easy read – it deals with an issue which we as a Western society do not want to talk about (immigration) – but I think it’s important to deal with these issues. If you want to listen to him talking […]