Author: KB
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Salvaged Faith ¦ Baptized in Arial Black ¦ RS Exam Bloomers
We’ve been having school examinations the past week. I had to mark a bunch of scripts (the kids are 11/12 years old) of an RS paper on Christianity. Some of the answers were just priceless: In a series of questions on parts of a church – what is an altar, what is a pulpit……
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London Olympics Logo | Newness Disturbs?
So, the debate over the new London Olympics brand has raged on for more days than a debate about a graphic really ought to… Hasn’t it? Initially it was just the aesthetics, but, while many people mentioned it made them feel sick, but then some of the video pieces really did. The Mayor has waded…
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Is Islam Violent? | Funding Moderation
The government has just announced £1m funding to support Islamic Studies courses at universities, in the hope that wider student bodies and better courses will encourage moderate Islam to prosper where fundamentalism currently reigns. It’s a course I’d be interested in doing, if only to answer some troubling questions even my basic explorations have thrown…
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Jesus, The Guantanamo Years
“From an American security point of view, it’s not that reassuring to find a single male Palestinian with no hand luggage, traveling alone. I’m guessing Mossad has a file on me. It probably says I’m a bit of a troublemaker, and it almost definitely says I’m lying about who my real father is.” Abie Philbin…
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It Was 40 Years Ago Today…
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Sgt. Pepper was released 40 years ago today. As I mentioned at a ‘God’s iPod’ interview at Greenbelt last year, it’s an album that has great memories for me. After various Thomas the Tank Engine LPs, Sgt. Pepper was the first record I really liked. I don’t know how my dad let me, but I…
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Full Time Christian Leadership?
On a slightly behind the scenes UK Emerging Church discussion forum, the issue of leadership/ordination/vocation has reared its ugly head. I’ve posted on this fairly extensively before (post here / Self-Organizing Leadership series here), and I’ve a fuller article coming out on the subject in Relevant Leader shortly but wanted to just re-iterate some key…